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Happy Nowruz: Cooking with Children to Celebrate the Persian New Year Spiral-bound – February 4, 2008

by Najmieh Batmanglij (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars 15 customer reviews
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Product Details

  • Spiral-bound: 120 pages
  • Publisher: Mage Publishers; 1st edition (February 4, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 193382316X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933823164
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,280,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful book for children!!!....
By B. Marling on March 18, 2008
Format: Spiral-bound
... and for adults like me who want to have fun in the kitchen!

A beautiful book to share with the whole family. "Happy Nowruz" gives you everything you need to celebrate the arrival of spring and the Persian New Year -- kid-friendly recipes for pomegranate popsicles and cinnamon date buns, the history and traditions of the celebration in Iran, the laying of the Nowruz Table with decorated eggs and goldfish (a symbol for the beginning of creation).

A bounty of refreshing ideas for drawing the family together. A perfect blend of cooking, art, poetry, mythology and all the stuff of life worth celebrating with the people you love.

I followed the Lubia Polow (a red rice and chicken dish) recipe with my roommates to great success. Everyone loved it! (and thought I was a culinary genius)

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to have a good time making delicious food!
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4.0 out of 5 starsGreat book!
By R. K on April 29, 2008
Format: Spiral-bound Verified Purchase
I love that this cookbook has traditional recipes and information about the Persian New Year. The photos and descriptions are terrific. My only complaint is that some of the recipes have ingredients that are not easy to come by, and no substitutions are noted (nor is there info on whether some of the minor, hard to find ingredients could be omitted, if necessary).
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4.0 out of 5 starsVery Good
By Geena on April 4, 2009
Format: Spiral-bound Verified Purchase
I really like the book - the easiest to use of all of her cook books. As the mother of two children with an Iranian father, this book really helped us to incorporate celebrating Nowruz into our family traditions. The bean soup (ash-e resh-te) recipe was great. We made the cream puffs and that turned out delicious (couldn't get the temperature reading she suggests, but they were fine anyway). I also made red rice with green beans (a childhood favorite of my husband's) - we loved it. Regarding the recipes here are a few tips:
1. the author always stipulates way more onion than necessary, so cut it by at least half.
2. You can leave out the saffron - the recipe will still be good.
3. You can substitute sour cream for Kashk (whey) - I do this all the time in the eggplant dip.
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4.0 out of 5 starsBeautiful book !!
By Jnazar on April 3, 2008
Format: Spiral-bound
I have been celebrating NooRooz with my Persian family for 27 years. This children's book is beautifully written with the meanings and symbols of the holiday explained. The recipes are authentic and the illustrations of the children cooking make this a wonderful family book. My children are grown now, but I bought this book for my daughter, who is expecting her first child and set up her first Haft Sein in her own home this year. I know she will enjoy using it with her family in years to come.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThis helped me have a great party for ADULTS
By analyzethis on June 14, 2015
Format: Paperback Verified Purchase
OK I cheated I bought this for myself, figuring that my skill level as a non-Persian adult was probably on about the level of a Persian child. And I was right! This is a great book if you want to dip your toe in the charming New Year customs of the Persian world (Iran, Afghanistan, Kurdistan) with recipes that are easy to follow.
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3.0 out of 5 starsIt is OK
By Neilu on June 22, 2013
Format: Spiral-bound Verified Purchase
As a cook and a cookbook collector, I was very excited to get this book, expecting to be like all other books of Mrs. Batmanglij; unfortunately not so well. It looks like fabricated plan with some great recipes ( repeated in her other books) with some very unusual crafts trying to make this festivities as much as possible American. I guess it was meant to be good but not meeting my expectation.
Not much recommended as her other books.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful cook book
By Afkham Davis on March 24, 2008
Format: Spiral-bound
As a teacher, I have been talking about Spring with my kindergarten class, and I came across Najmieh Batmanglij's book "Happy Nowruz". What a delight it is! It's colorful, filled with different easy-to-cook recipes, and the ingredients are easy to get hold of. The pupils in my class especially enjoyed the illustrations of children cooking. We prepared many of the recipes, including cream puffs, pomegranate popsicles, and raisin cookies. The children had a wonderful time cooking, as well as eating each and every one of the foods we made. And they loved sprouting and taking care of their lentil seeds in the egg shells , to make Nowruz Sabzeh. This is a terrific book for youngsters and their teachers!
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5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful Book
By B. Randolph on April 5, 2008
Format: Spiral-bound
This is yet another wonderful persian cookbook from Ms. Batmanglij. I have three of her other books, and each one is full of fantastic recipes, beautiful photographs, and lovely cultural information. This book is no different. This is be very helpful in learning to celebrate Nowruz with my daughter (my husband is Iranian) for years to come. We already made the haji firuz cookies!
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