Darina Allen: Chicken kebabs marinated in yoghurt and spices

And pork chops with spiced butter — a great staple dinner when you are on holiday

Recipes from Chasing Smoke: Cooking Over Fire Around The Levant by Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich

Even if you didn’t know Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich, you’d have to be intrigued by this title — Chasing Smoke: Cooking Over Fire Around The Levant — and the bright orange book cover.

There are many cookbooks these days so it’s difficult to stand out from the crowd but this one certainly does.