Beit Trad: Recipes, Stories & the Art of Lebanese Hospitality, is a celebration of Lebanese home cooking, family traditions, and the culture of gathering around food. Written by Sarah Trad, the book draws inspiration from Beit Trad, an 18th-century family home in the Lebanese mountains that was restored and transformed into a boutique guesthouse.

More than a cookbook, the publication offers readers a glimpse into the traditions of rural Lebanon and the values that define Levantine hospitality. Through recipes, stories, and personal reflections, Sarah Trad documents the experience of preserving both a historic home and the culinary heritage connected to it.

The cookbook features a wide range of traditional Lebanese dishes, including vegetable-based meals, stews, fish, meats, and desserts. Alongside the recipes are stories of family gatherings, restoration work, and life in the mountains of Lebanon, creating a narrative that blends food with memory and place.

A central theme of the book is hospitality—not simply as entertaining guests, but as a deeply rooted cultural practice. Meals are presented as moments of connection, generosity, and continuity between generations. This perspective reflects the atmosphere of Beit Trad itself, where architecture, nature, and food come together to create an immersive Lebanese experience.

Visually, the book emphasizes the warmth and authenticity of Lebanese mountain living. Photography and storytelling highlight stone houses, shared tables, local ingredients, and the rhythms of everyday life in the countryside. Rather than modernizing or reinventing Lebanese cuisine, the cookbook focuses on preserving traditional recipes and the stories behind them.

Beit Trad: Recipes, Stories & the Art of Lebanese Hospitality stands as both a culinary collection and a cultural archive. For readers interested in Lebanese food, heritage, and the art of hosting, it offers an intimate portrait of a home, a family, and a way of life rooted in tradition.