Linking a culture's food to its history and politics, this collection of recipes offers rare insight into real Middle Eastern cuisine and family life. This distinctly different guide to Arab cooking provides authentic recipes for salads, meats, and desserts accompanied by thoughtful tales of Arab culture, etiquette, and history. As the author recollects his childhood in Nablus, adventures in Maghreb, tales of Bedouin women, and various religious customs, he reveals the ancient traditions tied to the food at a Middle Eastern dinner table. The simple and inexpensive recipes include falafel, hummus, couscous, rice, oven-cooked meats, and traditional salads, soups, and sweets. An appetizing mix of food and history, this cookbook explores the knowledge, technical skills, religious teachings, climate, and lifestyle necessary to fully savor the tastes of a true Middle Eastern meal.
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Salah Jamal was born in Palestine and has traveled widely around the Middle East. He is a professor of cultural diversity at the Catalan University of Vic and holds a seat on the board of Barcelona's leading cultural forum, the Ateneo.
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LOVE this book - true recipes, even better stories,
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I bought this book almost five years ago and still reference it all the time. If you are looking for authentic Arab recipes (from the Sham region), in their cultural context, this is your book. The author does a beautiful job of explaining the ingredients, and his stories about life in his Arab homeland are priceless. The Ramadan recipes include stories about what life is like during the weeks of Ramadan, and there are countless cultural references that make this cookbook a true gem.
I do adapt some of the recipes because I might not have the ingredients on hand. Also, some of the measurements are metric and may be unfamiliar to Americans. The recipes sometimes yield large quantities -- you have to halve them etc. if you want to make smaller portions. Overall, I love that this book is on my cookbook shelf. I wanted a good Arab cookbook when I bought this -- and got something beyond my expectations!
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