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Arab fairy tale feasts : a literary cookbook / tales by Karim Alrawi; recipes by Sobhi al-Zobaidi & Tamam Qanembou-Zobaidi, and Karim Alrawi; illustrations by Nahid Kazemi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Northampton, Massachusetts : Crocodile Books, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 143 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781623719081
  • 1623719089
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The meal and the conversation, introduction -- Juicy apricots -- The lion repents -- The story and the chickpeas -- A pot of coins -- Fish soup in Gaza -- Abu Nawas tells a tale -- Why chicken and ostrich cannot fly -- The last supper -- Student of the marshlands -- The brickmaker's hoard -- The sultan and his wazir -- The kindly old man -- The genie in the sack -- The dream garden -- In happiness and health, afterword.
Summary: "Award-winning writer and master storyteller Karim Alrawi draws on his deep knowledge of Arab culture in creating these enchanting tales that are a feast for young imaginations. These stories take readers of every age on a delightful literary, cultural and culinary odyssey. A profusion of unforgettable characters--fishermen and date merchants, child cooks and squabbling animals, beggars and thieves, genies and ghouls, sultans and princesses--appears in the stories presented here. Each tale features some aspect of food, feasting or cooking, and is followed by a recipe for a classic Arab dish. Alrawi also provides a wealth of scholarly anecdotes, illuminating many aspects of Arab culture and culinary history. Nahib Kazemi's luminous illustrations capture the magic of each tale"--Inside jacket.
List(s) this item appears in: Cookbooks for Kids
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 398.2089 A459 Available 33111010635809
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 398.2089 A459 Available 33111010788095
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Arab Fairy Tale Feasts is the latest title in the highly-praised Fairy Tale Feasts Collection, a creative series that folds enchanting folk tales into cookbooks of kid-friendly recipes. Award-winning writer and storyteller, Karim Alrawi, draws on his deep knowledge of Arab culture to create original stories that are a feast for young imaginations. Told with intriguing details, the tales take young readers on a delicious cultural journey and invite them to consider an Arab perspective. Each tale symbolically incorporates food and concludes with a traditional recipe, colourfully illustrated.

"Award-winning writer and master storyteller Karim Alrawi draws on his deep knowledge of Arab culture in creating these enchanting tales that are a feast for young imaginations. These stories take readers of every age on a delightful literary, cultural and culinary odyssey. A profusion of unforgettable characters--fishermen and date merchants, child cooks and squabbling animals, beggars and thieves, genies and ghouls, sultans and princesses--appears in the stories presented here. Each tale features some aspect of food, feasting or cooking, and is followed by a recipe for a classic Arab dish. Alrawi also provides a wealth of scholarly anecdotes, illuminating many aspects of Arab culture and culinary history. Nahib Kazemi's luminous illustrations capture the magic of each tale"--Inside jacket.

The meal and the conversation, introduction -- Juicy apricots -- The lion repents -- The story and the chickpeas -- A pot of coins -- Fish soup in Gaza -- Abu Nawas tells a tale -- Why chicken and ostrich cannot fly -- The last supper -- Student of the marshlands -- The brickmaker's hoard -- The sultan and his wazir -- The kindly old man -- The genie in the sack -- The dream garden -- In happiness and health, afterword.

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