Customer Reviews

Classic Palestinian Cookery

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Ms Nasser has done a wonderful job of marrying descriptions of authentic Palestinian cooking with regional history. Not shy to attribute foreign influence to "typcial" Palestinian dishes, she has enhanced the value of these recipes and added extra spice with her own personal nostalgias. I lived in the Gaza Strip for two years and have been in Beirut now for four and it's obvious to me that the author's understanding of Western and Eastern culture has enabled her to produce a cookbook that appeals in both domaines. Thank you, Ms Nasser, especially for the excellent sfiha tips! I have been "after" some of these recipes for years, but I've found that many women prefer to keep their recipes "secret."

A fantastic combination of recipes ranging from every day meals to full-scale hosted dinners!

The stories even immmerse you in this cooking culture.

All ingerdients are carefully selected and measurements are in both metric and british units. The emphasis on fresh ingredients really makes a difference when preparing all healthy meals.

Dabdoub-Nasser provides the recipe for the best lemonade!

I really liked this book when I first purchased it. My other cookbooks contain Palestinian recipes but not to this depth. I enjoyed reading the book and learning more about Palestinian cuisine. I really liked her mulukhiya and musakhan recipes. I did find that a lot recipes needed some tweaking though. This was not a problem for me most of the time because I have a lot of experience cooking middle eastern food but may be a problem for newcomers or those looking to follow the recipe exactly. If you are looking for a book with more precise Palestinian recipes that can be followed then I would suggest May Bsisu's book instead. However, this book still has more Palestinian recipes than Bsisu's.

Another problem that I have with this book is that the book contains only foods from the West Bank and Gaza which means that all the wonderful Palestinian seafood dishes are not included since the West Bank and Gaza is surrounded by land. Palestinian dishes are similar to many Lebanese and Syrian dishes so if your interested in Levintine cooking in general, this book is good to have, especially since it also contains recipes that are generally not found in other cookbooks.

I love this cookbook. I have many Arabic, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean cookbooks. But this one I think is my favorite. I like everything about it. I feel like my mother in law has given me her family recipes.

Both my friend and I purchased this book. We agreed that the foods in the cook book remind us of home and make us homesick reading her introductions to the recipes...however, making the actual recipe was disappointing. Alot of the measurements and ingrediants were wrong in some of the recipes. I was truely disappointed. For me it did not come together.

I have quite a bit of cooking experience and am married to a Palestinian man. I bought this book to increase my repetoire of Palestinian dishes. There are some typo's and one recipe I tried seemed to be a little off on the measurements (it called for way too much nutmeg), but most have been really good. My hubby was in heaven over the shish barak recipe !!!