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Bottom of the pot : Persian recipes and stories / Naz Deravian ; photography by Eric Wolfinger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2018Edition: First edition: September 2018Description: 373 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250134417
  • 1250134412
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Contents:
Prologue-: The journey home -- Introduction -- Mazeh-appetizers and accompaniments-music and poetry -- Aash-soups-heart -- Rice, tahdig, and grains-Jewels -- Khoresh-stews-soul -- Naan-bread-life -- Kookoo-Iranian frittatas and egg dishes-light -- Meat, fish, and vegetables-memory -- Stuffed and rolled-home -- Drinks-water -- Sweets-love -- Epilogue-until we meet again.
Summary: Deravain's family left Iran during the height of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, when she was eight years old. In their new Canadian home, she became aware of the power of her mother's home-cooked Persian meals to break down barriers and connect newly-made friends to her culture-- and herself. Years later the kitchen became a place where Deravian could relax and reconnect with herself, preparing meals for her own family that reflected her life both in and outside Iran. -- adapted from introduction
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 641.5955 D427 Checked out 07/13/2024 33111009249703
Total holds: 0

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Winner of the IACP 2019 First Book Award presented by The Julia Child Foundation

"Like Madhur Jaffrey and Marcella Hazan before her, Naz Deravian will introduce the pleasures and secrets of her mother culture's cooking to a broad audience that has no idea what it's been missing. America will not only fall in love with Persian cooking, it'll fall in love with Naz." - Samin Nosrat, author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: The Four Elements of Good Cooking

Naz Deravian lays out the multi-hued canvas of a Persian meal, with 100+ recipes adapted to an American home kitchen and interspersed with Naz's celebrated essays exploring the idea of home.

At eight years old, Naz Deravian left Iran with her family during the height of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis. Over the following ten years, they emigrated from Iran to Rome to Vancouver, carrying with them books of Persian poetry, tiny jars of saffron threads, and always, the knowledge that home can be found in a simple, perfect pot of rice. As they traverse the world in search of a place to land, Naz's family finds comfort and familiarity in pots of hearty aash, steaming pomegranate and walnut chicken, and of course, tahdig: the crispy, golden jewels of rice that form a crust at the bottom of the pot. The best part, saved for last.

In Bottom of the Pot , Naz, now an award-winning writer and passionate home cook based in LA, opens up to us a world of fragrant rose petals and tart dried limes, music and poetry, and the bittersweet twin pulls of assimilation and nostalgia. In over 100 recipes, Naz introduces us to Persian food made from a global perspective, at home in an American kitchen.

Includes index.

Deravain's family left Iran during the height of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, when she was eight years old. In their new Canadian home, she became aware of the power of her mother's home-cooked Persian meals to break down barriers and connect newly-made friends to her culture-- and herself. Years later the kitchen became a place where Deravian could relax and reconnect with herself, preparing meals for her own family that reflected her life both in and outside Iran. -- adapted from introduction

Prologue-: The journey home -- Introduction -- Mazeh-appetizers and accompaniments-music and poetry -- Aash-soups-heart -- Rice, tahdig, and grains-Jewels -- Khoresh-stews-soul -- Naan-bread-life -- Kookoo-Iranian frittatas and egg dishes-light -- Meat, fish, and vegetables-memory -- Stuffed and rolled-home -- Drinks-water -- Sweets-love -- Epilogue-until we meet again.

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