Najmieh Batmanglij es una reconocida autoridad en la cocina persa, dedicando tres décadas a cocinar, viajar y adaptar recetas auténticas a los gustos y técnicas occidentales. Sus libros de cocina, elogiados por importantes publicaciones, exploran la rica historia y las tradiciones culinarias persas e iraníes, abordando enfoques vegetarianos y su conexión con la cultura del vino. Batmanglij comparte activamente su experiencia a través de la enseñanza y conferencias, haciendo accesible el encanto de las artes culinarias persas a una audiencia más amplia.
This 25th Anniversary Edition of "Food of Life" offers 330 authentic Persian recipes, blending culinary tradition with cultural insights. Enhanced with full-color photographs, it explores Persian art, history, and poetry. Redesigned for modern cooks, it includes new recipes, a vegetarian section, and practical cooking tips for all skill levels.
Vegetarian dishes that have their origins along the ancient network of trade routes known as the Silk Road, stretching from China in the east to the Mediterranean in the west.
Focusing on the culinary heritage of the Silk Road, the book features 150 vegetarian dishes that highlight the interconnectedness of cultures through food. Renowned cookbook writer Najmieh Batmanglij explores and celebrates this rich history, offering readers not only recipes but also a narrative of unity and exploration within the diverse culinary traditions linked by these ancient trade routes.
"In Joon, master chef Najmieh Batmanglij distills one of the world's oldest and most influential cuisines to capture its unique flavors in recipes adapted to suit our busy lives. Najmieh's fans have been making meals from her Food of Life for more than 30 years. For Joon she has simplified 75 of her favorite dishes and shows how, with the right ingredients and a few basic tools and techniques, authentic Persian food can easily be prepared at home. The recipes in this book each accompanied by a photograph of the finished dish come straight from Najmieh's kitchen and include not only the classics of Persian cooking, but also some soon-to-be favorites, such as quinoa or kale cooked Persian-style. You'll discover delicious side dishes, from cooling, yogurt-based salads and tasty dips and spreads, to more sustaining platters of grains, beans and fresh herbs; tasty kukus frittata-style omelets filled with vegetables and herbs; spice-infused fish."--Publisher's description
Taste Real Home-cooked Persian Food for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner The most celebrated Persian chef in America, Najmieh Batmanglij brings you her favorite traditional, healthy Persian dishes, simplified for modern American kitchens. Persian Cooking For Dummies, written for cooks of all skill levels will transform the way you cook. Offering more than 100 recipes, some of which can be made in less than an hour, this book will guide you through the art and craft of one of the world’s oldest, yet least known culinary, traditions in the West. These flavors and aromas are rarely replicated in restaurants, so prepare to be wowed by your own creations as you follow these easy guidelines in the warmth and comfort of your own kitchen. The distinctive herbs, the heavenly aromas of saffron and rose water, and the sweet and sour flavors will impress your guests and delight your family. Adapted for today’s lifestyle, Persian Cooking For Dummies is perfect for experienced and novice cooks alike. Take a journey through this exotic cuisine and get cooking, with Dummies.
Nowruz - the Persian New Year - is one of the world's great festivals, a full month of activities celebrating the earth, the arrival of spring, and the rebirth of nature. Most of all, it is a festival for families. Children and adults alike can share in preparing special meals, decorating the house, and performing the many ceremonies that welcome the New Year. This book is a guide to customs thousands of years old yet as vital as ever - enjoyable for families no matter where they live or what their beliefs. Happy Nowruz offers twenty-five fun, easy, and innovative Nowruz recipes, with lots of photos to show you what to do. This is an ideal guide for parents, teachers, and kids - age six and older - to know more about the origins of Nowruz and to get everyone involved in preparing for the arrival of spring by: - baking Haji Firuz cookies - germinating seeds in eggshells - coloring eggs - making a Nowruz garland - jumping over fires - setting the Haft-sinn (seven-s) holiday table - planting narcissus and hyacinth bulbs - selecting and buying goldfish - banging spoons for trick-or-treating - cooking the Nowruz dinner - enjoying the Outdoor Thirteen picnic
An Introduction to Persian Cooking
This book is an introduction to the world¿s other ancient cuisine. Persia's cookery, like China¿s, carries within it thousands of years of history, change and refinement, yet still with its roots in ancient sources. A Taste of Persia is a collection of authentic recipes from one of the world¿s most sophisticated and ancient cuisines, chosen and adapted for today¿s lifestyle and kitchen. Here are light appetisers and marinated kebabs, hearty stews and rich, golden-crusted rices, among many other dishes, all fragrant with the distinctive Persian use of herbs, spices and fruits. Each recipe offers clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions. Most take less than an hour to prepare; many require only a few moments; many others can be made in advance. Besides its 100 recipes and 60 colour photographs, the book includes a useful glossary of Persian cooking techniques and ingredients, and a brief history of Persian cookery. Together these make a complete introduction to this remarkable cuisine.
