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Stuffed Vine Leaves Saved My Life [Hardcover]

Nadia Sawalha
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Book Description

5 Mar 2010

In Stuffed Vine Leaves Saved My Life, Nadia Sawalha offers an authentic taste of the family kitchen. Growing up in an Anglo-Arab home, she learned, from an early age, the importance of feeding your family fabulous food. The mantra was always 'Good food, cooked with love, feeds the soul as well as the body.'

Every recipe in this book has already been enjoyed at the Sawalha kitchen table, having either been passed down through the generations or created by Nadia for her family and friends - from the Great Mussakhan, a delicious dish of roasted chicken, onion and spices, to her own must-try recipe for fabulous falafels. But there is always one key ingredient - every dish must have a story.

These stories, woven around the recipes, are peppered with the voices of a long and eccentric cast of family members. Just by opening the pages and dipping in, you'll feel as if you've been invited to one of the noisiest, funniest and tastiest family meals around.


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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday (5 Mar 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0385616937
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385616935
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 3 x 25.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 174,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A heart-warming book, full of joyous family cooking (Nigel Slater )

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Television's much-loved Nadia Sawalha shares her favourite Middle Eastern recipes for family and friends

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39 of 42 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! 10 Mar 2010
Format:Hardcover
I'm not a great cook and tend to buy cookery books that look nice on my shelf, never to be opened. But this book has blown me away. It appealed to my usual cookery book purchasing self - beautiful to look at etc. But, when I got it home and had a quick flick in preparation for finding it a permanent place on my shelves, I was immediately drawn into the wonder of its pages. As others have said, the recipes are mouthwatering and that rare combination of being interesting and tempting but still accessible to the likes of me with my lack of cooking skills. And, what makes it just superspecial are the stories that go with every recipe. They are funny, heartwarming, illuminating views of a wonderful warm family life that revolves around the kitchen. I can't stop taking it out to read more and have managed to successfully cook several recipes already - Maddie's Magic Prawns are my favourite so far. Love it!
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars You can tell Nadia really loves food! Me too... 14 Jan 2011
By Ariane5
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the only full-price cookbook I have ever bought. I'm fairly new to cooking and on a low budget so I can't afford to spend money on cookery books when the Internet is accessible to me. But this book, which I picked up in a bookshop one day, was so impressive that I splashed out and bought it, cheaper, from Amazon

I LOVE food. I have always really enjoyed eating and anyone who has ever cooked for me has commented on how much I appreciate their food. Nadia Sawalha also loves food. She really genuinely loves cooking, eating and feeding others delicious food.

Two recipes which convinced me to buy the book are Egg and Twigs and Sage and sausage stuffing which Nadia says she eats "sometimes, only sometimes with creamy mashed potato and red wine sauce". As soon as I read that, I made it my next mission in life to get the ingredients necessary to make that delicious sounding dish which I knew would be a real pleasure to eat! It may or may not be a Michelin star quality recipe or a TV chef style recipe, but it is a delicious, easy, enticing FOOD LOVER'S recipe and that's the kind of food I want to eat and cook for the people I love.

The only chef I ever saw who has a real passion for food and eating is Jamie Oliver. Nadia Sawalha's love of all things culinary is staggering in comparison to his.

Nadia Sawalha knows well the science of cooking, and she is technically brilliant enough to have won Masterchef, but first and foremost, she is a pure lover of food. As a consequence, she cooks absolutely scrumptious food that I cannot wait to cook and eat too.
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great recipes that really come to life! 5 April 2010
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book after seeing Nadia Sawalha win Celebrity Master Chef, during which she cooked many amazing recipes. I have always been a fan of the Middle Eastern kitchen, and, sure enough, this cook book includes many great dishes of the Middle East. I love how this is more than a normal cook book, as Nadia Sawalha included many personal stories. Rather than just listing recipes, it's these personal stories about her heritage and family life that really make the recipes come to life. This plus the many great shots of her yummy recipes and of her family make this cook book a great inspiration to have in the kitchen or to give to anyone as a present.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Good cooking.
This book is so interesting not just for the food, but all the snippets about Nadia's family. Very easy book to read and follow.
Published 5 months ago by Sunny
5.0 out of 5 stars A gem, that will make your eyes twinkle and your tummy smile
Nadia Sawalha's, Stuffed Vine leaves saved my life is an absolute gem on so many levels. As a book it is beautiful the food is so well photographed you can almost smell the... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Alison
1.0 out of 5 stars Arabic food for a Western palate
I've scrapped my original review for this book. DON'T BUY THIS BOOK. If you review it negatively, Nadia's husband will verbally abuse you too (see his comment below).
Published 20 months ago by Flower petal
3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Bag
This is a lovely book, with lots of stories about Nadia Sawalha and her family, however I am not convinced it is a great cookbook, good just not great. Read more
Published 20 months ago by JD
3.0 out of 5 stars Great read, not a great cook book!
I bought this as a potential present for a friend but liked the look of it so much I kept it! It really is a lovely read and great to look at too. Read more
Published on 10 May 2011 by JH
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE THIS BOOK
I bought this book for ME. I love just flicking through it, and the tastes and smells of all the ingredients just jump off the page at you. Very well written and presented. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2011 by Linda
5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read with Recipes
I brought this book back in April and I can say that was money well spent. The reason being not only has Nadia provided a collection of her family recipes from stuffed vine leaves... Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2010 by Sofia
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
I have far too many cookbooks and my resolution for this year was not to buy any more. I'd stuck to my resolution pretty well until I borrowed Nadia's book from the library. Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2010 by Bookworm
5.0 out of 5 stars Stuffed Vine Leaves Saved My Life
A Great book it gives you inspiration and motivation to change your eating habits
and your way of life.
Some great recipes and life changing ideas. Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2010 by J. Nuttall
5.0 out of 5 stars buy this book!
I've not made a thing from this book yet, but its stuffed with page markers of all the things that i'm going to make. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2010 by jce
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