Description:
A Finalist for the 2022 James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award and the 2022 IACP Award (International)
Longlisted for the 2022 Art of Eating Prize
A New York Times Best Cookbook of 2021 - A Guardian Best Food Book of 2021 - A Simply Recipes Favorite Cookbook of 2021 - A WBUR Here & Now Favorite Cookbook of 2021
The acclaimed author of Zaitoun returns with vibrant recipes and powerful stories from the islands that bridge the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
Brief description: Yasmin Khan is a food and travel writer, broadcaster, and human rights campaigner. She is the author of four cookbooks: Sabzi, Ripe Figs, Zaitoun, and The Saffron Tales. She lives in London.
Review Quotes: Although many of the stories in Ripe Figs are heartbreaking, the recipe collection speaks to warmer days... The salad chapter is particularly compelling: from a crunchy winter slaw with turnips, carrots, cabbage and cilantro to a sweet potato, chickpea and tahini salad, to a beet, fennel and pomegranate salad. Later this winter, I look forward to trying the pumpkin and cardamom soup, mushroom moussaka and citrus cake.--Kathy Gunst "WBUR"