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Memories of a Lost Egypt [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Colette Rossant (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Random House Inc; illustrated edition edition (1 Oct 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0609601504
  • ISBN-13: 978-0609601501
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 14 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 888,160 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"I am so enchanted by this little memoir. This is the kind of writing about food that stimulates your senses and connects you to the important traditions of the table."
--Alice Waters


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Award winning journalist Colette Rossnt's charming memoir of growing up in French colonial Egypt filled with her favourite recipes.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A welcome blend of memories and good food, 4 Jan 2000
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If you are like me, you enjoy reading cookbooks that are more than just compilations of recipes but also include evocative text that recreates another time and place. "Memories of a Lost Egypt" is such a book. The author's vivid and touching reminiscences of her childhood often center on food and her relationships with her family's cooks, and she skillfully interweaves her narrative with recipes for the delicious dishes she savoured and learned to prepare.

Another Middle Eastern cookbook that I treasure is Sonia Uvezian's "Recipes and Remembrances from an Eastern Mediterranean Kitchen: A Culinary Journey through Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan." It too evokes a strong sense of time and place, and it is filled with outstanding recipes.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Transported me to a place and time with adventure and tears, 4 Aug 1999
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Rossant's depiction of her life in Egypt is so vivid that you become captivated by the place, the sights, and smells. It is best to read this with a bag of pistachios as your tummy rumbles over the unique middle eastern recipes! You will find comfort there along with the tale.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A great journey in time, with a taste of old time cooking, 25 Jun 1999
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I found this book a joy to read I couldn't put it down.The life that this author had as a child the smells of the cooking the lush gardens of her grandparents yards and the Maket place must have been a fun place to go as a young child, it was truly like being there.Her ability to keep a good head as a kid being moved around and as always the kitchen was a big part of her life a place were she felt secure. I have tryed some of the recipes they are easy to follow and taste great.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Fascinating Story.
Being from New York I follow Mrs. Rossant's weekly column, in the Daily News. When I found out that she had written this book, I was very eager to buy it. Read more
Published on 17 May 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars a great book I highly recommend it!
I think that Rossant has a great gift for evocating her past. I felt that she really gave us an idea of what Egypt was like in the 40's. Read more
Published on 16 April 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Reminisces of Egypt and a world so recently changed...
"Memories of a Lost Egypt" recreates a time and place inaccessible not only to most readers, but even to most Egyptians. Read more
Published on 6 April 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Evocative of the kind of food memories I treasure.
I got this book just before a short holiday in Cairo - wow! It gave me a sense of what was behind the walls and what the smells and tastes of the food meant. Read more
Published on 6 April 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most beautiful and touching books in years
Colette Rossant's dreamy reminiscences of her childhood in Egypt, intermingled with her olifactory memories of exotic foods and spices, are a revelation. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 1999

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