{"product_id":"silk-road-cooking-a-vegetarian-journey-9781949445039","title":"Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is at once an exploration  a celebration  and a little-known tale of unity. It presents 150 delicious vegetarian dishes that together trace a fascinating story of culinary linkage. As renowned cookbook writer and teacher Najmieh Batmanglij explains  all have their origins along the ancient network of trade routes known as the Silk Road  stretching from China in the east to the Mediterranean in the west. On this highway moved not just trade goods but also ideas  customs  tastes and such basics of life as cooking ingredients. The result was the connecting and enrichment of dozens of cuisines. In Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey  Najmieh Batmanglij recounts that process and brings it into the modern kitchen in the form of recipes that are venturesome and yet within reach of any cook. They are intended for vegetarian  partial-vegetarian and non-vegetarian alike  anyone who is looking for balanced  unusual and exceptionally tasty dishes. The book offers a wealth of information derived from the authors extensive research and her travels along the Silk Road during the past 30 years. She complements the recipes with stories  pictures  histories of ingredients  and words of wisdom from her favorite poets and writers of the region. The scope of her culinary journey of discovery is vast  from Xian in China  to Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan  to Isfahan in Iran  to Istanbul in Turkey  and to the westernmost terminus of the ancient trade routes in Italy. Her recipes  all of them personal favorites  include such exotic yet simple fare as Sichuan Crispy Cucumber Pickles; Afghan Boulani  a savory pastry stuffed with garlic chives; Persian Pomegranate and Walnut Salad; Kermani Pistachio and Saffron Polow with Rose Petals; Chinese Hot and Sour Tofu Noodle Soup; Turkish Almond and Rice Flour Pudding; Uzbek Candied Quince with Walnuts; and Sicilian Sour Cherry Crostata. Fortunately  all the ingredients for these recipes can be obtained at local supermarkets and farmers markets. In recent years America has become a kind of modern Silk Road  where wonderful ingredients from all over the world are available to everyone. Najmieh Batmanglijs cookbook  Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies was mentioned as One of the most exciting cookbooks Ive seen in a while by Yotam Ottolenghi in the Guardian  and her From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table won the Gourmand Cookbook Award for the worlds best wine history book of 2007. She has spent the past 33 years traveling  teaching cooking  and adapting authentic Persian and Silk Road recipes to tastes and techniques in the West. She is a member of Les Dames dEscoffier and has taught and lectured throughout the United States. She currently lives in Washington  DC  where she consults with restaurants around the world and teaches master classes in Persian and Silk Road cooking. Her most recent book is Happy Nowruz: Cooking with Children to Celebrate the Persian New Year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651885883445,"sku":"ByrdShop_1949445038","price":82.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781949445039.jpg?v=1781843866","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/silk-road-cooking-a-vegetarian-journey-9781949445039","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}