Batmanglij Najmieh

Joon: Persian Cooking Made Simple (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

5 Persian recipes made simple: many requiring only one pot and less than an hour to cook while keeping the authentic flavors of Iran. Includes many vegan and vegetarian options.

In Joon, master chef Najmieh Batmanglij distills one of the world's oldest and most influential cuisines to capture its unique flavors in recipes adapted to suit our busy lives. Najmieh's fans have been making meals from her Food of Life for more than 30 years. For Joon she has simplified 75 of her favorite dishes and shows how, with the right ingredients and a few basic tools and techniques, authentic Persian food can easily be prepared at home.

The recipes in this book--each accompanied by a photograph of the finished dish--come straight from Najmieh's kitchen and include not only the classics of Persian cooking, but also some soon-to-be favorites, such as quinoa or kale cooked Persian-style. You'll discover delicious side dishes, from cooling, yogurt-based salads and tasty dips and spreads, to more sustaining platters of grains, beans and fresh herbs; tasty kukus --frittata-style omelets filled with vegetables and herbs; spice-infused fish; mouth-watering meatballs and kababs served on flat breads with tangy sauces; every kind of rice--including the incomparable polow topped with various sweet and sour braises; not to mention, delightfully aromatic cakes and cookies to round off meals or enjoy as a snack in between.

Much of Iran's cuisine is essentially vegetarian. Although kababs are popular restaurant fare, they represent only a small sampling of the dishes Iranians eat at home. Persian cooking, with its emphasis on fresh, natural ingredients corresponds with the trend in eating that's spreading across America. "Join the delicious revolution!" as Alice Waters says; "Eat simply, eat together, eat seasonally, shop at farmers markets."

Iran and Persia refer to the same place. These days we use "Iran" to refer to the country and "Persia" or "Persian" for the culture, from Persian carpets, and Persian cats to, Persian cooking. Persian, also called farsi, is the language of Iran.

Joon means "life" in Persian. It can be used in multiple ways, from a term of endearment akin to "darling"after someone's name to showing great enthusiasm: "I love it!" The expression nush-e joon, literally "food of life," is similar to the French "bon appétit," a wish that a meal will be enjoyed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mage Publishers Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781933823836
• Artikelnr.: 65946578

Autorenporträt

Najmieh Batmanglij, hailed as one of Seven Immigrant Women who Changed the Way Americans Eat by The New York Times, has spent the past 40 years cooking and adapting authentic Persian recipes to tastes and techniques in the West. Her book, Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies was called "The definitive book on Persian cooking" by The Los Angeles Times. Her Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey was selected as One of the 10 best vegetarian cookbooks of 2004 by The New York Times; and her From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table won the Gourmand Cookbook Award for the world's best wine history book of 2007. Her books also include Joon: Persian Cooking Made Simple, and Cooking in Iran: Regional Recipes and Kitchen Secrets, about which The Wall Street Journal wrote, . . . recipes are only part of the experience. The essays on cultural history, tales of personal encounters and 450 photos provide as deep an understanding of this ancient, intriguing, and wonderfully diverse country as you are likely to find anywhere. Her most recent book is Persian Cooking for Dummies published by Wiley and Sons. She is a member of Les Dames d'Escoffier, and lives in Washington, DC, where she teaches Persian cooking, and consults with restaurants around the world.