This lavish compendium of Palestinian recipes ... photographed so vividly you can almost smell the freshly chopped parsley. ―
The TimesFalastin is a beautifully relaxed, detailed and affectionate celebration of the Palestinian cuisines Tamimi grew up eating ―
StylistEssential reading ... a labour of love that fully deserves the fervour ―
The TelegraphFantastic celebration of contemporary Middle Eastern food ―
Sunday ExpressFalastin is a transporting and illuminating read in lockdown -- Signe Johansen
--This text refers to the
hardcover edition.
About the Author
Sami Tamimi (Author) Sami Tamimi was born and raised in Jerusalem and was immersed in food from childhood. He started his career as commis-chef in a Jerusalem hotel and worked his way up, through many restaurants and ethnic traditions, to become head chef of Lilith, one of the top restaurants in Tel Aviv in the 1990's.Sami moved to London in 1997 and worked at Baker and Spice as head chef, where he set up a traiteur section with a rich Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean spread. In 2002 he partnered with Noam Bar and Yotam Ottolenghi to set up Ottolenghi in Notting Hill. The company now has four stores and two restaurants, NOPI and ROVI, all in central London.In his position as the executive head chef, Sami is involved in developing and nurturing young kitchen talents and creating new dishes and innovative menus.Alongside Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi is co-author of two bestselling cookbooks-
Ottolenghi- The Cookbook and
Jerusalem- A Cookbook.Tara Wigley (Author) Tara Wigley spent a decade working in publishing - at the Abner Stein Literary Agency in London and then Simon & Schuster - before going to cookery school in Ireland when her twins were 18 months old. She met Yotam Ottolenghi in 2011 and has been writing in collaboration with him ever since. She began by developing, testing and writing recipes for Yotam's weekly column in the
Guardian magazine and his longer monthly column, in 2017, for the
New York Times.
Plenty More.
NOPI- The Cookbook,
SWEET and
Ottolenghi SIMPLE were all written with Tara.
--This text refers to the
hardcover edition.
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