One of the most common ways marketers describe a vegetarian cookbook is by saying “you won’t miss the meat!”. That’s not often true, except in the case of The Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook(Phaidon Press, 2016) written by noted Lebanese-British author Salma Hage. In my opinion, the best vegetarian recipes expand upon cuisines with an already-strong […]
Cookbook Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: The Immigrant Cookbook
Making America Great—One Recipe at A Time The Immigrant Cookbook, collected and edited by cookbook editor Leyla Moushabek is a triumph of a book that explores America’s immigrant heritage using the common denominator of food. The book featuring a wide variety of cooks from well-known chefs like James Beard-award winning pastry chef Dominique Ansel and […]
BOOK REVIEW: Persiana by Sabrina Ghayour
What Is Persian Cuisine? Even in this era of sophisticated palates, Persian (Iranian) food remains a mystery to many an adventurous eater. Foodies’ first instinct is to categorize Persian cuisine with the great food traditions of the rest of the middle east—Lebanese, Syria, Israel—but it is vastly different. In her book Persiana, British chef Sabrina […]
