Joumana Accad was born and raised in Lebanon, but has been living in Texas, USA, since 1979. Her passion and love for her HOME country’s culinary culture resulted in the creation of her blog “Taste of Beirut,” where she shares recipes “with a few sprinkles of stories and historical trivia.” To date the blog contains more than 1,200 recipes and 45 YouTube videos. Thanks to the success of her blog, Joumana has a cookbook deal, with one already published and another on the way.