Rose Water and Orange Blossoms: Fresh & Classic Recipes from My Lebanese Kitchen

Name: Rose Water and Orange Blossoms: Fresh & Classic Recipes from My Lebanese Kitchen
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ISBN: 9780762454860

✍️ Abood, Maureen

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🏛 Running Press Adult 📅 2015 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9780762454860

📝 Description: Rose Water and Orange Blossoms: Fresh & Classic Recipes from My Lebanese Kitchen

Pomegranates and pistachios. Floral waters and cinnamon. Bulgur wheat, lentils, and succulent lamb. These lush flavors of Maureen Abood's childhood, growing up as a Lebanese-American in Michigan, inspired Maureen to launch her award-winning blog, Rose Water & Orange Blossoms. Here she revisits the recipes she was reared on, exploring her heritage through its most-beloved foods and chronicling her riffs on traditional cuisine. Her colorful culinary guides, from grandparents to parents, cousins, and aunts, come alive in her stories like the heady aromas of the dishes passed from their hands to hers. Taking an ingredient-focused approach that makes the most of every season's bounty, Maureen presents more than 100 irresistible recipes that will delight readers with their evocative flavors: Spiced Lamb Kofta Burgers, Avocado Tabbouleh in Little Gems, and Pomegranate Rose Sorbet. Weaved throughout are the stories of Maureen's Lebanese-American upbringing, the path that led her to culinary school and to launch her blog, and life in Harbor Springs, her lakeside Michigan town.

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This title appeals strongly to readers who enjoy food writing woven with personal history, offering a gentle introduction to Lebanese flavors through a Michigan lens. However, it may disappoint purists seeking strictly traditional, region-specific recipes from Lebanon itself, as the author explicitly notes her riffs on tradition and American upbringing. The tone is inviting rather than instructional, making it less suitable for those seeking rigorous technical training in Middle Eastern cuisine. While the prose is charming, the editorial assessment suggests the book relies heavily on the author's personal anecdote rather than deep culinary theory. It is best enjoyed as a companion to travel or cultural exploration rather than a definitive reference text.

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Eatbook Family editorial team

This title appeals strongly to readers who enjoy food writing woven with personal history, offering a gentle introduction to Lebanese flavors through a Michigan lens. However, it may disappoint purists seeking strictly traditional, region-specific recipes from Lebanon itself, as the author explicitly notes her riffs on tradition and American upbringing. The tone is inviting rather than instructional, making it less suitable for those seeking rigorous technical training in Middle Eastern cuisine. While the prose is charming, the editorial assessment suggests the book relies heavily on the author's personal anecdote rather than deep culinary theory. It is best enjoyed as a companion to travel or cultural exploration rather than a definitive reference text.