{"product_id":"middle-eastern-cookery-9781906502942","title":"Middle Eastern Cookery","description":"\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive collection of Middle Eastern recipes  spanning from Georgia to Armenia  accompanied by cultural anecdotes and historical insights  makes it a revered culinary resource.  All Arto der Haroutunians twelve cookbooks written in the 1980s became classics; it was his belief that the rich culinary tradition of the Middle East is the main source of many of our Western cuisines and his books were intended as an introduction to that tradition.  His Middle Eastern Cookery is regarded as the seminal work on the subject but it has been out of print for twenty years with second hand copies on offer for over four hundred pounds  such was its scarcity and popularity. At last here in a new redesigned edition is the Middle Eastern cookbook that everyone wants. It is a book containing every possible recipe from the Middle East there are dishes from the plains of Georgia  from Afganistan  Egypt  Syria  Lebanon  Israel  Persia and Armenia.  It is written in the same wonderful style as his other classic cookbooks; peppered with anecdotes on life  food and culture. He guides us first round the mezze table and then leads us on to recipes for soups  salads  savouries  pilaffs  kebabs  casseroles and grills that make the best use of meat  fish and poultry. He teaches the cook about the different spices that are favored by different countries  mint for Armenia  cumin for Iran and with each recipe comes a piece of history or a fable which makes this a book to read as well as an unequaled collection of recipes.  Arto der Haroutunian was born in Aleppo  Syria in 1940 and grew up in the Levant  but came to England as a child and remained here for most of his life. In 1970  in partnership with his brother  he opened the first Armenian restaurant in Manchester which eventually became a successful chain of six restaurants and two hotels. He died in 1987 at the untimely age of 47 but is survived by his wife and son who still live in Manchester. As well as his passion for cooking  Arto was a painter of international reputation  a composer and translator of Turkish  Arab  Persian and Armenian authors. He was a true polymath.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648252076085,"sku":"ByrdShop_1906502943","price":53.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781906502942.jpg?v=1781713825","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/middle-eastern-cookery-9781906502942","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}