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Tony Kitous's seven (and counting!) Comptoir Libanais restaurants in London celebrate the riotous flavors, colors, and textures of Lebanese, Mediterranean, and North African food. Not since the opening of the Ottolenghi food shops in London has that city embraced a cuisine from that region with as much fervor.Comptoir Libanais makes this exotic cuisine easily accessible at home, with eighty recipes for dishes that blend traditional cooking with modern flavors. Comptoir Libanais covers everything from a wide range of mezze -- small dishes -- including salads, dips, and hot dishes to grills and barbeques such as Lamb and Pistachio Kofta, to Tabkhat -- one-pot homestyle dishes like Cumin-braised Neck of Lamb -- to spectacular recipes for soups, breads, pastries, beverages, and desserts, while ensuring that each dish uses readily available ingredients and basic kitchen equipment.