Beit Trad: Recipes, stories & the art of Lebanese hospitality

Opens the doors to a Lebanese mountain family house transformed into a welcoming guesthouse, offering authentic insight into Lebanese hospitality and traditional home-cooked recipes.

Beit Trad is more than a guesthouse in the Lebanese mountains; it is a home alive with memory, hospitality, laughter and, above all, life. In this intimate book, Sarah Trad takes us from her childhood summers in Kfour, through the food, warmth and joy of her mother’s legendary gatherings, to the transformation of the house into a guesthouse that embodies the very essence of Levantine hospitality.

Through personal memories, the careful restoration of the estate and a collection of beloved recipes, Beit Trad: Recipes, stories & the art of Lebanese hospitality invites readers to experience a way of living where generosity, abundance and care shape every moment of a house bathed in light. Beit Trad is a refuge, a celebration of Lebanese home traditions and a living link between generations. It is a place where friends become family, where every visit is a ritual, and where the art of hosting is preserved, shared and passed on to future generations.

About the Author

Sarah Trad is the founder of Beit Trad, an 18th-century Lebanese home transformed into a boutique guesthouse. Sarah’s background spans hospitality, wellness and social innovation. She is co-founder and president of Skoun, Lebanon’s first outpatient addiction centre, and co-founder of Yoga Souk in Beirut. Sarah was raised in Saudi Arabia, has lived in Paris, Beirut and New York, and is now based Athens. Throughout her life, her family has been based in Lebanon.