For the Kitchen Bookshelf : ...

Pita the Great by Virginia T. Habeeb (Workman: $6.95. 176 pp., illustrated).

If you are a lover of pita bread, this book will be your bible. It has everything you need to know about baking, filling and creating pita dishes you never imagined could exist: pistachio and banana toffee rolls, glazed pita puffs, pita cheese crepes with orange-blossom syrup, pita pizza, meat pies and more.