NANA’S MIDDLE EASTERN COOKBOOK

Delicious, home-cooking recipes from Iraq and the Middle East

Sami Hendow with Nana Victoria

• PRICE £14.99
• BIBLIO 224 pages, colour
• BINDING Paperback
• FORMAT 210 X 170mm
• ISBN 978-1-905862-50-4
• PUB DATE 29th October 2010
• IMPRINT Spring Hill
• BIC CODE WBN
• COUNTRY QUALIFIER 1FB, 1FBQ
• CATEGORY Cookery
• TERRITORIES World Rights

KEY POINTS

• From simple everyday meals to more exotic preparations, discover the wonderful range of home-cooked food from this region, and learn how to cook it yourself
• The richness and diversity of the recipes in this cookbook mirror the diversity in Iraqi and Middle Eastern culture
• Characteristic and delicious dishes such as mezze, dips, stews, meatballs, wraps, breads, and desserts, originating in Lebanon, India, Egypt and Iran as well as Iraq

AUTHOR INFO

The author’s mother Victoria Hanna Hendow (‘Nana’), whose recipes feature in this book, was born in 1920 in a small village in northern Iraq, raising eight children in Basra before settling in California in 1991. A grandmother of 18 and great-grandmother of four she picked up the secrets of ethnic Middle Eastern dishes from her mother, relatives, friends and neighbours and became known in Basra for her sought-after pickles and home-brewed date vinegar.

CONTENTS

• 1.Bread
• 2.Mezza (appetizers and condiments)
• 3.Zalata (salad)
• 4.Baked, grilled and fried plates
• 5.Rice and grain plates
• 6.Kibbi (Kubba)
• 7.Main plates
• 8.Yogurt plates
• 9.Maraka (stew)
• 10.Samak (fish)
• 11.Soups
• 12.Drinks
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Translation guide
• Weights, measures and conversion factors
• Shwaya (a little bit of …)
• Vegetarian dishes and Christian tradition
• Regional map of Iraq
• Highlights from the old city center of Baghdad
• Bibliography