- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Grub Street (29 May 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 190650234X
- ISBN-13: 978-1906502348
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 17.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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'...rich in historical background, full of marvellous proverbs and teaches the use of unusual herb and spice combinations.' Oxford Mail 'A tour of North Africa for the traveller, the chef, the shopper and the taste buds.' --Glasgow Herald
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Arto der Haroutunian takes adventurous cooks on a tour of the cuisines of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya in this comprehensive guide to North African food. There are over 300 recipes for traditional dishes such as tagines, stews, soups, and salads using classic ingredients such as fiery spices, jewel-like dried fruits, lemons, and armfuls of fresh herbs. Simplicity is at the heart of the medina kitchen. The exotic fuses with the domestic to produce dishes that are highly flavoured yet quick and easy to prepare. Vegetables are prepared in succulent and unusual ways while dishes such as chicken honey and onion couscous, and 'gazelle horns' filled with almonds, sugar and orange blossom water provide a feast for both the imagination and the palate. Tunisian cuisine is perhaps the hottest of the region-due in large part to the popularity of the fiery chilli paste, harissa. As well as a strong French influence, pasta is a passion in Tunisia. Morocco's great forte is its tagines and sauces-with meat and fish being cooked in one of four popular sauces. And Libya, although less gastronomically subtle than Tunisia and Morocco, excels in soups and patisserie. This collection represents the cooking of the region with refreshingly uncomplicated techniques, short lists of ingredients and the comforting, elemental flavours of various spices and seasonings. Recipes are easy to follow, and evoke the spicy, sumptuous flavours of the region. This culinary journey creates some of the world's most extraordinary gastronomic cultures. With a sumptuous range of dishes from simple street fare to elaborate banquet food, this book is a wonderful introduction to North African flavoured with a slice of history, an anecdote or a fable that brings this land of the sunset' vividly to life.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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North African Cookery
This is a superb book, in which Haratounian explains the background to North African food and how it has developed through history with the merging of cultures through conquest and reconquest. The recipes are mouth-watering! Haratounian decries the current problem of not being able to purchase authentic North African food in restaurants in the area as French influence is all-pervading. As a long-term customer of the Armenian restaurant in Manchester which Haratounian and his brother set up, I know this is a man who knows his food. I warmly recommend it.
This is a superb book, in which Haratounian explains the background to North African food and how it has developed through history with the merging of cultures through conquest and reconquest. The recipes are mouth-watering! Haratounian decries the current problem of not being able to purchase authentic North African food in restaurants in the area as French influence is all-pervading. As a long-term customer of the Armenian restaurant in Manchester which Haratounian and his brother set up, I know this is a man who knows his food. I warmly recommend it.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having enjoyed the previous two releases by this author I had no hesitation to pre order North African Cookery without reading any reviews!! Packed full of recipes that are easy to follow, flavoured with history and anecdotes. Fantastic tagines and stews have helped introduce me to a part of the world that I knew little of before now! This is another fantastic book from the author and the publishers Grub Street and I have no hesitation recomending this book!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Now this is a real exotic cuisine cookery book. Arto makes everything easy and the authenticity of his recipes is unassailable. If you are interested in learning about other cuisines in a really "in depth" way, don't hesitate to buy this book. Arto prefaces the book with historical information about the people and cuisines he showcases and fascinating it is, too. Did you know that "The most important influence on the Algerian cuisine . . . was that of France" ? I didn't but Arto tells me that "this is most obvious in the use of tomato puree, sweets and starters that have more than an accidnetal touch of metropolitan France". The recipes are clearly described and rarely contain ingredients that would be hard to find in England.
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More than just a cookbook
In this book Arto der Haroutunian introduces us to the food of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. He starts his book with an introduction to the people and the cultures of the... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. K. A. P. Wright
Great value for money
The author Arto der Haroutunian was lost to us cookbook lovers far too soon. He died in 1987 at the age of47. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Danny Marbella
Magreb
Very interesting reading. The introduction tells you in a short way the origins of 4 country's and the foods that came from those. Read more
Published 9 months ago by lopes
One big blur of words
Normally I am not that fussed about pictures, but this book has non. I would like to see, sometimes, what I am actually making. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Sieuwke
North African Cookery
Another very comprehensive book by Arto Der Haroutunian with many recipes from North African counties including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya
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Published 14 months ago by Mrs. S. Colley
brilliant book
I bought the paperback version of this book many years ago, and used it so much that it was falling apart. Read more
Published 18 months ago by sk
cant wait to start cooking.....another great book
Not knowing anything about North African dishes I'm really looking forward to start using this book. I love the fact there are explanations with the receipes. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Jen
North African Cookery by Arto Der Haroutunian
I bought this book for my son as he enjoys cooking. I was delighted with the delivery speed and the condition of this lovely book as was my son. Read more
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