' Syrian cuisine deserves a high place in our culinary knowledge & Itab & Dina with their brilliant recipes & fascinating stories are the perfect authors to do this' Ruth Rogers' So much more than a cookbook' Evening Standard'I give this to everyone as a present & it's always a total hit The recipes are easy to follow beautifully presented & perfect for anyone keen to experiment with oh-so-trendy Middle Eastern flavours' Harriet Addison The Times Syria has always been the marketplace for the most delicious ingredients from East & West a meeting-point for travellers & traders where spices & sweetness collide Nothing unites & inspires Syrians as much as food Even now in possibly the country's darkest hour Syrian families in tiny flats from Beirut to Berlin are searching out the best tomatoes lemons pomegranates & parsley to recreate the taste of home Friends & passionate cooks Itab & Dina met Syrian women in the Middle East & Europe to collect together the very best recipes from one of the world's greatest food cultures They spent months cooking with them learning their recipes & listening to stories of home From hot yoghurt soup with turmeric to cherry meatballs this is a delicious celebration of the unique taste culture & food of Syria
- & a celebration of everything that food & memory can mean to an individual to a family & to a nation