Our Syria: Recipes from Home -- Dina Mousawi, Hardcover

Syria is where food, memory, and resilience collide: recreate the flavors of this beautiful country in Our Syria, for delicious meals anywhere in the world.

Syria has always been the meeting point for the most delicious flavors from East and West, where spices and sweetness collide. Even now, in possibly the country's darkest hour, Syrian families in tiny apartments from Beirut to Berlin are searching out the best tomatoes, lemons, pomegranates, and parsley to evoke the memory of home, keeping their treasured food history alive across continents.

Friends and passionate cooks Itab and Dina met Syrian women in the Middle East and Europe to collect together the very best recipes from one of the world's greatest food cultures. They spent months cooking with them, learning their recipes and listening to stories of home. Recipes like the following elicit vibrant images of an ancient culture:

• Hot Yogurt Soup
• Fresh Thyme and Halloumi Salad
• Lamb and Okra Stew
• Chicken Shawarma Wraps
• Semolina and Coconut Cake

Our Syria is a delicious celebration of the unique taste, culture, and food of Syria-and a celebration of everything that food and memory can mean to an individual, to a family, and to a nation.

Author: Dina Mousawi, Itab Azzam
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Published: 10/03/2017
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.33lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780762490523

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/16/2017
Library Journal 11/15/2017

About the Author
Itab Azzam was born in Sweida, Syria, and moved to the UK in 2011. An award-winning filmmaker and theatre producer, she was part of the team behind BBC Four's Syrian School and one of the producers of the Peabody and BAFTA-winning documentary series Exodus: Our Journey to Europe. She produced independent films including Queens of Syria and theatrical productions with refugees including Antigone of Syria. She lives in London.

Dina Mousawi began a career in the arts at the age of ten. Her extensive work in theatre has taken her on national and international tours across Europe, America, and the Middle East. After working on Antigone of Syria in 2014, Dina went on to produce and direct Terrestrial Journeys, a theatre piece devised with Syrian women living in Beirut's refugee camps. She now works at Complicite theatre company, and lives in London.