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Cardamom And Lime

Browsing through Amazon.com or any bookshop in Kuwait, you can easily find hundreds of cook books on Middle Eastern cuisines. But to find a cook book written by a Kuwaiti girl in English about recopies from the Arabian Gulf is something that took me by surprise. And a very pleasant surprise it was.

Sarah al-Hamad is a food writer who divides her time between London and Kuwait. Passionate about the food and cooking traditions of the region, she wrote a book titled: Cardamom and Lime: Recipes from the Arabian Gulf, which features traditional dishes from the Gulf. The book is beautifully photographed and very easy to follow.

I strongly recommend buying this book. You can use it as a coffee table book, a house warming gift for your Kuwaiti friend who doesn't know how to cook (or needs her cook to learn Kuwaiti cuisine), or a gift to your western friends.


Kudos to Sarah, I'm very proud of you and I wish you the best of luck. Hope to see more books by you in the future.

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ScaryToes said…
Wow this is so inspiring. I think I need that book, it looks pretty and I'll definitely pick up recipes!
05 May, 2009
Fuj said…
mashallah ..
Finally a q8i 6abbakha hits the amazon .alfal 7aq 3aber al rashid o alma6a7en . i'm proud of them all..
05 May, 2009
Confashion said…
ScaryToes
The recipes are very easy to follow. You won't regret buying it :)

Fuj
I swear I thought about Abeer Al-Rashid too.. she should have an english only version of her books and have them sold at Amazon and B&N!
05 May, 2009
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