Valerie Mansour is a writer, editor, and documentary film researcher. She writes food features for <i>East Coast Living</i> magazine, profiles new arrivals for Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS), and has researched over 35 film documentaries and series. Valerie was a freelance print and radio journalist for many years and reviewed restaurants for <i>Halifax?s Daily News</i> and <i>Metro</i>. She published <i>Alexandra's Lebanese Cooking</i> in 1983.