Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon: A Cookbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780307264985)

Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon offer some of the world's most exciting cuisines. In this delectable cookbook, the award-winning, bestselling author of The Book of Jewish Cooking and Claudia Roden's Mediterranean translates the subtle play of flavors and cooking techniques to our own home kitchens.

Interweaving history, stories, and her own observations, she gives us 150 of the most delicious recipes: some of them new discoveries, some reworkings of classic dishes--all of them made even more accessible and delicious for today's home cook.

From Morocco, the most exquisite and refined cuisine of North Africa: couscous dishes; multilayered pies; delicately flavored tagines; ways of marrying meat, poultry, or fish with fruit to create extraordinary combinations of spicy, savory, and sweet.

From Turkey, a highly sophisticated cuisine that dates back to the Ottoman Empire yet reflects many new influences today: a delicious array of kebabs, fillo pies, eggplant dishes in many guises, bulgur and chickpea salads, stuffed grape leaves and peppers, and sweet puddings.

From Lebanon, a cuisine of great diversity: a wide variety of mezze (those tempting appetizers that can make a meal all on their own); dishes featuring sun-drenched Middle Eastern vegetables and dried legumes; and national specialties such as kibbeh, meatballs with pine nuts, and lamb shanks with yogurt.

Author: Claudia Roden
ISBN-10: 030726498X
ISBN-13: 9780307264985
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2006
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.82lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.66w x 1.19d
Award: James Beard Foundation Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Quill Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/16/2006 pg. 49
Library Journal 10/15/2006 pg. 83
Booklist 11/01/2006 pg. 15