Legendary Cuisine of Persia

Published by Grub Street Cookery, 2019, hardcover, illustrated, index, 304 pages, condition: new.

This is the redesigned, newly photographed, hardback edition of Margaret Shaidas award-winning The Legendary Cuisine of Persia. The book won the Glenfiddich Award when it was first published, and in various editions and various formats, has been on the list since 2000 and has never been out of print.

The Legendary Cuisine of Persia is an original and fascinating cookery book which will provide stimulation to all the senses. The book won the Glenfiddich award and was first published by Grub Street in 2000, since when it has never been out of print, and is justly regarded as a classic. It is now re-issued in an updated and revised edition with colour photographs throughout.

Persian cooking is one of the oldest and greatest cuisines of the world. It is refined, sophisticated, subtle yet distinctive, elegant and varied. Fruits, nuts, herbs and spices are combined with rice, fish and meat in combinations whose ancient influence can be found in the cooking of the Middle East, Spain and India.

Persian cuisine is perfectly suited to todays style of eating - many of the dishes are vegetarian, and the marriage of sweet and savory, such as grains and pulses stewed with fruit and spices, make for unforgettable meals. The sweetmeats and pastries are especially mouthwatering.

Wow! What a wonderful surprise! The title of this book caught my eye as it stood in the to-be-filed pile at the library. I took it home to investigate and poured over it for hours. The author opens with a beautiful, informative, even sensual evolution of persian cuisine, then explains the basic ingredients in persian cuisine and only then moves into recipes. I haven't cooked any yet - just got the book - but my mom made the eggplant, garlic, yogurt salad which is really more a dip, and it was to die for. I want a copy of this book for my cookbook library.