num_pages: 544
description: A richly colorful and exceptionally varied cookbook of timeless recipes from across the Islamic worldIn Feast award-winning chef Anissa Helouan authority on the cooking of North Africa the Mediterranean and the Middle Eastshares her extraordinary range of beloved time-tested recipes and stories from cuisines throughout the Muslim world.Helou has lived and traveled widely in this region from Egypt to Syria Iran to Indonesia gathering some of its finest and most flavorful recipes for bread rice meats fish spices and sweets. With sweeping knowledge and vision Helou delves into the enormous variety of dishes associated with Arab Persian Mughal (or South Asian) and North African cooking collecting favorites like biryani or Turkish kebabs along with lesser known specialties such as Zanzibari grilled fish in coconut sauce or Tunisian chickpea soup. Suffused with history brought to life with stunning photographs and inflected by Helous humor charm and sophistication Feast is an indispensable addition to the culinary canon featuring some of the worlds most inventive cultures and peoples.
language: English
title: Feast: A James Beard Award Winning Cookbook
publisher: Ecco