Sitto's Kitchen: A Treasury of Syrian Family Recipes Taught from Mother to Daughter for Over 100 Years

Sitto's Kitchen: A Treasury of Syrian Family Recipes Taught from Mother to Daughter for Over 100 Years by Reed, Janice Jweid. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781457512469.

Please see Sittos Kitchen, published June 2, 2020, which is the newest edition, available on Amazon in Full Color, Edited and Updated. This 2012 black and white first version is no longer in print and not available as a new book by the former publisher Dog Ear Publishing or any other distributors. The original recipes and memories carried by the authors grandmother onto the shores of Ellis Island in 1912, comprise over 100 years of traditional Arab cooking. Author Janice Jweid Reed remembers, "In 1966, I started compiling my grandmothers recipes in a little spiral notebook. Years later, as my worn and food-stained notebook captured the fruits of my own labors, I realized these recipes were too precious to lose. Theyre a testament to all those cooks before me who faithfully preserved their heritage, mother to daughter, through the generations." Over the years, knowing these time-honored dishes were an important part of her cultural heritage, the authors notebook led to this cookbook. Sittos Kitchen guides the reader with a Basics chapter offering tips on pantry staples, cooks tools and the ingredients needed to create this delicious cuisine. Recipe titles written in both English and Arabic, a Where to Buy It section and photos of many of the dishes are all included with todays cooks in mind. The author carefully describes techniques used long ago but has simplified and updated them. Young cooks or those new to this distinctive cuisine will find the cooks notes at the end of each recipe a helpful and contemporary touch. Charming stories and anecdotes will give readers a window into the past. Culinary delights, from an Aleppo breakfast of butter-soft turnovers to after-dinner Arab coffee and sweets, highlight this unique cuisine. Tantalizing Open Meat Pies, Tamarind Meatballs, aromatic Barley Pilaf and Syrian Stuffing are mouth watering. Phyllo-encrusted Spinach Rolls, healthy soups, salads and grains, including several Bulgar Wheat dishes, will appeal to vegetarians. The next generations of young Arab cooks who long for these traditional foods will be drawn into Sittos Kitchen. Readers exploring new cuisines will find these Middle Eastern spices and fragrant herbs carrying them to ancient lands. Sittos Kitchen is a homespun adventure in Middle Eastern cookery, simply prepared, with no mystery and traditionally preserved by generations of Syrian cooks who served these humble dishes to their families with love.