In the 1920s, Habeeb Salloum's parents left behind the orchards and vineyards of French-occupied Syria to seek a new life on the windswept, drought-stricken Canadian prairies. With recollections that
**2011 Best Arab Cuisine book in the U.S., Gourmand World Cookbook Award**Prepare delicious and healthy meals with this award-winning Arabian cookbookFor untold centuries, the Bedouin of the Arabian P
The traditions of Syrian cooking go back hundreds of years, and is notable for its sensory components, in which aroma and texture are as important as taste and nutrition. Over the centuries, the uniqu
The author of the thirteenth-century Arabic cookbook Kitāb al-Ṭabīkh proposed that food was among the foremost pleasures in life. Scheherazade's Feasts invites adventurous cooks to test
Scheherazade's Feasts presents over a hundred recipes for the beverages, meals, and sweets of the medieval Islamic world. Part cookbook and part culinary history, this book contextualizes Arab cuisine
A celebration of the lesser-known culinary history of traditional Arab sweets combines recipes with rich cultural stories from the 10th through the 14th centuries while tracing the development and inf
For untold centuries, the Bedouin of the Arabian Peninsula, in their desert tents, have served their honored guests lavish meals featuring roasted lamb with rice. Arab hospitality has not changed ov