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Whispers from a Lebanese Kitchen is more than just a cookbook, it documents a lifetime's experience of growing and cooking food in the stories and anecdotes of a Lebanese-Australian family.
The recipes are varied, the food delicious; I'd particularly recommend this book to vegetarian cooks looking for something new, as most - though by no means all - of the recipes are vegetarian (and often vegan). The use of chickpeas, broad beans, sesame, herbs and oils brings a fresh new variety of tastes to s...more
The recipes are varied, the food delicious; I'd particularly recommend this book to vegetarian cooks looking for something new, as most - though by no means all - of the recipes are vegetarian (and often vegan). The use of chickpeas, broad beans, sesame, herbs and oils brings a fresh new variety of tastes to s...more
Taouk's family are Lebanese exiles living in Australia and they connect with their lost heritage through stories and cookery which weave together as the women cook the dishes in this well laid out colourful book.
In a way it resembles a normal cookery book, with sections in meal order: starters and mezze, salads, meat dishes, vegetable dishes, fish dishes , dessert and coffee but they are interspersed with and in presentation influenced by the stories, the memories the family have of their brief...more
In a way it resembles a normal cookery book, with sections in meal order: starters and mezze, salads, meat dishes, vegetable dishes, fish dishes , dessert and coffee but they are interspersed with and in presentation influenced by the stories, the memories the family have of their brief...more
The author could have easily written a whole non-fiction book about her family, revealed in parts intersecting recipes. but since their stories are so intertwined with their culture and relation to food, a cookbook makes perfect sense!
Mar 14, 2013
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