Dirty Kitchen Secrets

About

I am a life loving Lebanese-American girl. I grew up in Beirut, Lebanon but have travelled extensively living in such places as Miami, Maui, Montreal, Houston, and most recently London. Along the way, I’ve eaten raw sheep’s liver, sold Real Estate and Mortgages in Miami, made an ass of myself on live national television, escaped a few deadly bombs, managed the operations of an award-winning restaurant on Maui, Hawaii, represented my beautiful country Lebanon in the Miss World pageant and worse of all, been subjected to the awful taste of Marmite.

Dirty Kitchen Secrets is a sensuous journey through my food-loving mind. My kitchen is my playground, food is fun, and senses are there to be scintillated. Through DKS, I continuously develop new recipes and provide unique, contemporary versions of classic dishes. At a glance, the blog provides quick, healthy, delicious dishes, all helped along by the occasional dirty cheat. Ingredients are kept simple, with a wide diversity of delectable flavours inspired by my travels over the last seven years. Lebanese flavours play an important role- after all, there’s no place like home.

I constantly strive to provide clear guidelines, step-by-step photography and video blogging. It has never been easier (or more appealing) to cook heavenly, healthy, delicious dishes from scratch.

I was fortunate to grow up eating only the freshest of produce and I strive to keep it that way. I intensely dislike processed food and I genuinely believe that you are what you eat.

Whether you need inspiration to kick start a healthier lifestyle, or just some new ideas to keep healthy eating  fresh, Dirty Kitchen Secrets is here to help.

So, dust off the kitchenaid, get your highest heels on, put the arak on ice, and create your very own Dirty Kitchen Secret.

The most important thing I think I can take away from this blog is to connect with you, my readers. Please feel free to leave your comments, suggestions or thoughts. I really appreciate all the feedback.

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About the photography

I take all the photos on this site. I’ve recently acquired a Canon 450d or Rebel XTI with a 100 mm Macro lens and a fixed 50mm f/1.4 lens. Mostly I use my Macro lens, but sometimes when I am limited with space, I will use the 50mm lens.

My food photography style is simple, natural and minimal. I like to take pictures using natural light and at close range in order to best capture the textures of the food and entice your appetite. As I do live in sunny & bright U.K, during the winter months I do resort to using a light box.

I create, I photograph, I eat, I expand. And the vicious cycle continues.

Go on, have a bite…

Contact me

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Email me: bethany@dirtykitchensecrets.com

Hire me

I am available for recipe development, food photography and styling, food related articles or commentary, culinary related reviews as well as catering in the Brighton area. For more information you can email me.

I am extremely blessed to have an amazing support system; my family. Now, if you’ll excuse me I’m going to smack my husband across the  head with a heavy bottomed pan!

Love,

Bethx

Credits:

Banner: The design and illustration is done by Lama Khatib Daniel. She is an extremely talented artist, illustrator and designer. It’s very hard to come across an individual that grasps your vision and makes it a reality. Lama is that person for me and I have worked with her now on several projects. You can see more of her work on her website. Below is her contact information.

Website- Jason Lee comes highly recommended. He can be reached at jason.p.lee [at] gmail [dot] com.

Legal

The contents of this website are protected under a creative commons license. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without my permission. If you want to use any of the photography or recipes, get in contact with me and always be sure to link back. Please NO SPAM! If you wanna be a jerk then you leave me no other option but to send Freddy from Lebanon after you.