I am South African and have lived in Dubai for the past 4 years. I did work here for awhile until my daughter was 3 but now I am fortunate enough to be a full time mum to her. I love all recipe books but my favourite is the Femina 'Cooking with Ina Paarman' as I learnt to cook with this book. I am lucky that my husband enjoys it when I go all out with recipes and I've only ever had one occassion when he turned a dish down.