Before becoming one of the Middle East’s most acclaimed cooks and food writers, Anissa Helou had no intention of either path.

As a child growing up in Lebanon, Anissa Helou says she was something of a “pest” around food. “I was always fascinated with my mother’s and grandmother’s kitchens, mainly from a greed point of view,” ...

Grains are such a staple of Lebanese cooking that you could devote an entire book to them. Here are two shining examples: a tabbüleh-style southern dish and a Sunni speciality for dessert If bread is ...

This is an interesting dish from Deir Intar in southern Lebanon, where the bulgur wheat is cooked with greens and a tomato sauce. I had never come across it before, having only had bulgur wheat cooked ...

Selling the OC's Gio Helou and his wife Tiffany are parents again! The couple has welcomed their second baby together, a rep for Helou confirms to PEOPLE. Tiffany welcomed their daughter, Tatum Grace ...

The couple has welcomed their second baby together, a rep for Helou confirms to PEOPLE. Tiffany welcomed their daughter, Tatum Grace Helou, on Friday, June 12, at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif ...

Indeed, the Selling The OC star and his wife Tiffany Helou—who share 2-year-old son Teddy—shared they welcomed their newest addition on June 12. "We are overjoyed to welcome our sweet daughter, Tatum ...

“This is totally gorgeous,” said Anissa Helou in her British-inflected accent, referring to both the sight and taste of the glossy buckwheat noodles we were sharing. They’d arrived alongside a course ...