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Food of life, ancient Persian and modern Iranian cooking and ceremonies, Najmieh Batmanglij

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Food of life, ancient Persian and modern Iranian cooking and ceremonies, Najmieh Batmanglij

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Food of life

Oclc number

853068759

Responsibility statement

Najmieh Batmanglij

Sub title

ancient Persian and modern Iranian cooking and ceremonies

Summary

A collection of 330 recipes accompanied by stories of how the food fits in to Iranian festivals and ceremonies

Table Of Contents

On using this book -- Preface -- A few tips before you start cooking -- Appetizers & side dishes -- Soups, oshes & porridges -- Dolmehs & vegetables -- Kukus & egg dishes -- Meat, chicken & fish -- Rice dishes, chelows & polows -- Braises & khoreshes -- Desserts, pastries & candies -- Breads -- Preserves & pickles -- Hot & cold drinks -- Snacks & street food -- How to make & store kitchen ingredients -- Ceremonies -- Appendices & glossaries -- Stories: Old clothes and new clothes -- The story of yogurt -- The eggplant story -- A poetic recipe for a savory turnover (sanbuseh or mantu) -- Duck soup -- Hot soup in the winter -- The chickpea story -- Memories of making noodles -- Eating steam; The smell of a thought -- If a pot can multiply -- How Iranians became meat eaters -- Journeys in Persia & Kurdistan, 1891 -- Eating and reading matter -- The story of saffron -- Cat and mouse -- The travels of Jean Chardin, 1686 -- Grocery shopping from The Thousand and one nights -- The story of the barber's sixth brother from The Thousand and one nights -- Fair exchange -- Memories of Qormeh Sabzi -- A sweet & sour story -- A verbal contest between a date palm and a goat from Drakht-e Asurik, circa second century BCE -- The story of the rose -- An uninvited guest -- What a pleasant Friday eve it was -- King Khosrow and his knight fourth-century Sasanian coming-of-age manual -- Seven-year-old torshi -- The apples were like goblets red with wine from The turquoise-blue dome of Nezami Ganjavi, 1197 CE -- Jamshid Shah and the discovery of wine -- How the Persians went from wine to sherbet -- What Rumi says about wine prohibition -- I saw a garden pure as paradise from The black dome of Nezami Ganjavi, 1197 CE

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