sentences:  Encouraged by a friend in the publishing world, and inspired by the Lebanese civil war, Helou wrote her first cookbook, "Lebanese Cuisine".In 1994, "Lebanese Cuisine" was published.Robert Irwin described it as "no mere utilitarian manual, but a wistful evocation of feasts and picnics held in an easy-going, Levantine environment which all but came to an end ... in 1975".