The Middle Eastern Kitchen (Hippocrene Cookbook Library) - Hardcover

Basan, Ghillie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078181023X ISBN 13: 9780781810234

Publisher: Hippocrene Books, 2004

Synopsis

This remarkable and beautifully illustrated book describes more than 75 ingredients used in Middle Eastern cooking. The cuisines included in "The Middle Eastern Kitchen are those of Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Egypt, Yemen, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. These countries' common culinary tradition has been influenced by the persian, Islamic, and Ottoman empires, with a sprinkling of the Byzantine and Roman empires. The insightful texts take readers and cooks into the history and diversity of these ancient cultures, while the 150 recipes allow them to put their knowledge of these ingredients to practical use. Each ingredient is broken down in sections on appearance and taste, historical background, and cultivation or manufacture methods. Each is illustrated with specially commissioned location, ingredient, and recipe photographs.

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About the Author

Ghillie Basan, author of Classic Turkish Cookery (Tauris Parke Books), has lived and worked in Turkey for many years. She is also a qualified Cordon Bleu cook and has written extensively on food. She is currently a food writer for the Sunday Herald and her book, The Moon's Our Nearest Neighbour (Warner Books), will be published in June 2001. Here, she teams up with her husband and photographer, Jonathan (short-listed for the 1999 Glenfiddich Food and Drink Visual Award and photographer of Classic Turkish Cookery), to create an essential reference work. The Basan now live in the Scottish Highlands where they run the Glenlivet Centre of Photography, specialising in food and travel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 078181023X
• ISBN 13: 9780781810234
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240