Lebanese Cuisine: More than 200 Simple, Delicious, Authentic Recipes
May 11, 2011 by admin
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Lebanese Cuisine: More thаn 200 Simple, Dеlісіουѕ, Authentic Recipes
- ISBN13: 9781568581798
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Aѕ a young girl, Madelain Farah spent hours watching hеr mother cook. Capturing hеr mother’s “a pinch οf thіѕ″ technique, ѕhе hаѕ re-сrеаtеd recipes fοr everything frοm Arabic Bread, Lentil Soup, аnd Eggplant Salad, tο Baked Fish wіth Tahini Sauce, Supreme Lamb Stew wіth Kibbi, аnd thе classic Cucumber Yogurt Salad.
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The definitive cookbook for Lebanese cuisine,
Originally recommended to me by my (ex-)brother-in-law, who was Lebanese, this book is the best cookbook for Lebanese cuisine. I have given copies of this book to many friends, and now that a new edition is available, I’ll buy more copies for myself and others.
The recipes for Baked Kibbi (Kibbi bis-Sayniyyi) and Baqlawa are among my favorites (I prefer the rose water approach to Baqlawa to the cinnamon most commonly found in such recipes).
The author also presents the recipes with their Arabic names, as well as pronunciation rules, for more authenticity.
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|Lebanese Family Comfort Food,
I discovered this book about 25 years ago and have been using it and giving it as gifts to children, relatives and friends for so many years. My edition is stained and worn but I have kept a new one wrapped and tucked away for the day on which I will retire the original. I’m delighted that it has been reissued; I can stop saving that wrapped copy.
My family is Lebanese; my grandparents emigrated at a young age to the U.S. in the 1890s and although my grandmother and aunts taught me many recipes, we moved to another state before I could learn everything. Dr. Farah’s book filled in many of the blank spots as did Rose Dosti’s wonderful “Middle Eastern Cooking” and Anissa Helou’s “Lebanese Cuisine.”
I prepare Lebanese food several times a week at home because we like it and it is so healthy (not including desserts). When I became a chef/owner of an upscale catering business some years ago, I used many of Dr. Farah’s recipes for my clients who were constantly asking for more. We are fortunate in my area to have a large Middle Eastern grocery where I can find all ingredients specified but many can also be ordered from on-line retailers or found in some health food stores.
Sometimes when I make a recipe it reminds me so much of being at Sitti’s house that I just want to cry — the aroma, the taste, the texture — I can just see us all sitting around the big wooden kitchen table when I was a little girl. This book is not only about the cuisine, it is about family and wishes that so many of those family members were still alive to enjoy our meals with us.
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|just like mom’s,
This book has the best recipes. They remind me of my mom and grandma’s. The preface sounds as if I wrote it myself. My sisters and I have been tiring for years to get the exact measurements of our favorite dishes and cookies. Thank you for writing them down. Even the smallest details are there (use cold water when mixing the kibbi meat. Thanks again, I’m ordering for each of my children and friends.
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