1.   A lovely end to this festive meal is a pear tart made with sheets of frozen phyllo dough.

2.   Carefully unfold phyllo dough and lay out on cutting board.

3.   Fold overhanging phyllo dough over top to cover the filling.

4.   Hot meze might be cubes of lamb roasted with crushed red peppers and thyme or cigars of phyllo dough rolled around feta cheese.

5.   Neat triangles of phyllo dough, lacquered with sugar, separate the layers and are angled so that they form a star.

6.   Or seek out some kataifi, shredded phyllo dough that is used in Middle Eastern cuisine.

7.   Phyllo dough has its own special culture, led by a tribe of cooks who have learned how easy it is to use the frozen phyllo.

8.   Phyllo dough is available in the frozen food sections of most markets.

9.   She then worked her way through the appetizer section, preparing oysters Rockefeller, and finished by assembling phyllo dough and duck meat into confit rolls.

10.   Tonight, we prepare baked Brie in phyllo dough with sesame seeds, sole en papillote and couscous with sun-dried cherries.