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Anissa Helou (born 1 February 1952) is a London-based cookbook author, teacher, and chef specialising in the cuisines of the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa. ==Biography== The daughter of a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother,〔Tom Parker Bowles, Live - The Mail on Sunday Magazine, April 7, 2013〕 Anissa left her native Lebanon at the age of 21 to study interior design in London.〔Startup - ArabianBusiness.com, May 2013〕 Following completion of the Sotheby's Works of Art course,〔Reuters - INTERVIEW - Anissa Helou: accidental queen of Lebanese cuisine By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent, 2010〕 she started working for the auction house, becoming their representative for the Middle East. At the age of 24 she opened an antiques shop in Paris, and shortly after became a freelance art consultant based in London.〔Startup - ArabianBusiness.com, May 2013〕 Between 1978 and 1986, she lived in Kuwait acting as an advisor to members of the ruling family, returning to London in 1986.〔Al-Hayat daily newspaper, 23 December 2012〕 Encouraged by a friend in the publishing world, and inspired by the Lebanese civil war, Anissa wrote her first cookbook, ''Lebanese Cuisine''. In 1994, ''Lebanese Cuisine'' was published. Robert Irwin described it as "no mere utilitarian manual, but a wistful evocation of feats and picnics held in an easy-going, Levantine environment which all but came to an end ... in 1975".〔Irwin (1994) p. 10〕 The book was short-listed for an André Simon Award.〔The Taste of Future - http://www.thetasteoffuture.org/speakers/anissa-helou/〕 In 1999, Anissa changed her life by selling a number of collections at Christie's.〔Evening Standard Homes & Property, 12 May 1999〕 She also sold her Victorian house and bought a two-storey warehouse loft in Shoreditch, which she converted into a modern minimalist living and working space. It is here that she teaches in her state-of-the-art kitchen.〔The Taste of Future - http://www.thetasteoffuture.org/speakers/anissa-helou/〕 In 2013 Anissa was listed by Arabian Business as one of the (500 most powerful Arabs in the world ),〔ArabianBusiness.com. Arabian Business Power 500, 2013.〕 and one of the (100 most powerful Arab women ).〔ArabianBusiness.com, 2013〕 Her latest book, "Levant" was published in 2013 and was selected as one of (Observer Food Monthly's 20 food books of the year ),〔Allan Jenkins and Gareth Grundy, The Observer, 2013〕 (Gourmet Travellers best books of 2013 ),〔Gourmet Traveller, 2013〕 (14 Best Cookbooks Of 2013 by BuzzFeed ) 〔Tienlon Ho, BuzzFeed.com, 2013〕 and one of (Marie-Claire Digby’s top ten food books of the year ) 〔Marie-Claire Digby, The Irish Times, 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anissa Helou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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