Article content Reem Kassis found the title for her latest cookbook in the intricately entwined patterns of Islamic art. With the manuscript submitted and photo shoot complete, a name eventually materialized: The Arabesque Table. The interlaced spirals and curves of arabesque designs seemed to her a fitting representation of the interconnectedness of the cuisines of the Arab world. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. In The Arabesque Table, Reem Kassis grounds herself in history while looking to the future Back to video “I started to see the national cuisines as the defined lines that you see in the pattern,” says the Jerusalem-born, Philadelphia-based author. “But cuisine throughout time is the entire image: You cannot tell where it starts and where it ends.”