Afghan Cuisine: Cooking for Life is a collection of traditional Afghan family recipes that have been gathered and translated to English for the novice Afghan and non-Afghan cook. The intention of the book is to help Afghans and non-Afghan learn to cook delicious Afghan food in easy to follow steps. The book is written from the Western perspective and directions are provided to easily locate the needed ingredients and short cuts included for the person that is on the go. This book is the result of many years of collecting, research, observation, and practice in regards to cooking Afghan cuisine. It is very different than traditional Afghan cookbooks in that it includes traditional Afghan recipes that are easy to follow as well as non-Afghan recipes. A portion of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the women and children living in Afghanistan.
Nafisa Sekandari initially wrote "Afghan Cuisine: Cooking for life" in 2003, after she became frustrated with getting incomplete or incorrect recipes from family members. With her desire to learn to cook Afghan food, she became motivated to collect recipes and eventually put them together in a book. The book was initially intended for her personal use but she quickly realized a need for this type of cook book for other individual's with similar circumstances where they grew up in the United States and had difficulty following recipes provided by their family members. The initial publication of Afghan Cuisine was a huge success.The current, totally edited and revised 2nd edition of Afghan Cuisine has new recipes added while older recipes have been revised and simplified. To contact Nafisa Sekandari, please e-mail her at afghan_cuisine@yahoo.com
