Grand Hotels of Egypt: In the Golden Age of Travel Old Cairo Why not Cowboy Steak with

Why not Cowboy Steak with Whiskey Butter followed by a Whiskey Buttermilk Bundt Cake

Marianne Barrucand

Akhenaten has captured the imagination like no other Egyptian pharaoh besides Tutankhamun

Drawing on the traditional recipes she learned from her grandmother and other members of her generation

Grand Hotels of Egypt: In the Golden Age of Travel Old Cairo Why not Cowboy Steak withAndrew Humphreys From the earliest resthouses serving travelers on the Overland Route between Britain and Bombay to the grand Edwardian palaces on the Nile that made Egypt the exotic alternative to wintering on the Riviera, the hotels of Alexandria, Cairo, Luxor, and Aswan were always about far more than just bed and board. As bridgeheads for African exploration, neutral territories for conducting diplomacy, headquarters for armies, providers of home