In this updated and greatly enlarged edition of her Book of Middle Eastern Food , Claudia Roden re-creates a classic. The book was originally published here in 1972 and was hailed by James Beard as "a landmark in the field of cookery"; this new version represents the accumulation of the author's thirty years of further extensive travel throughout the ever-changing landscape of the Middle East, gathering recipes and stories.
Now Ms. Roden gives us more than 800 recipes, including the aromatic variations that accent a dish and define the country of origin: fried garlic and cumin and coriander from Egypt, cinnamon and allspice from Turkey, sumac and tamarind from Syria and Lebanon, pomegranate syrup from Iran, preserved lemon and harissa from North Africa. She has worked out simpler approaches to traditional dishes, using healthier ingredients and time-saving methods without ever sacrificing any of the extraordinary flavor, freshness, and texture that distinguish the cooking of this part of the world.
Throughout these pages she draws on all four of the region's major cooking styles:
-The refined haute cuisine of Iran, based on rice exquisitely prepared and embellished with a range of meats, vegetables, fruits, and nuts
-Arab cooking from Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan--at its finest today, and a good source for vegetable and bulgur wheat dishes
-The legendary Turkish cuisine, with its kebabs, wheat and rice dishes, yogurt salads, savory pies, and syrupy pastries
-North African cooking, particularly the splendid fare of Morocco, with its heady mix of hot and sweet, orchestrated to perfection in its couscous dishes and tagines
From the tantalizing mezze--those succulent bites of filled fillo crescents and cigars, chopped salads, and stuffed morsels, as well as tahina, chickpeas, and eggplant in their many guises--to the skewered meats and savory stews and hearty grain and vegetable dishes, here is a rich array of the cooking that Americans embrace today. No longer considered exotic--all the essential ingredients are now available in supermarkets, and the more rare can be obtained through mail order sources (readily available on the Internet)--the foods of the Middle East are a boon to the home cook looking for healthy, inexpensive, flavorful, and wonderfully satisfying dishes, both for everyday eating and for special occasions.
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这本书的阅读体验,与其说是阅读食谱,不如说是在聆听一位资深美食家和历史学家的双重对话。它的深度远超出了我原本的预期。我原本只是想找几道实用的家常菜谱,结果却被卷入了一场关于地域性食材差异的学术探讨。作者对于不同地区在同一食材上的处理方式进行了细致入微的对比分析,比如关于“腌制”这一技术,在沿海和内陆地区就有截然不同的哲学。这种知识的密度非常高,我不得不经常停下来,查阅一些背景资料,以确保完全理解其背后的文化语境。对于那些真正想深入了解中东美食的“深度爱好者”来说,这本书简直是无价之宝,它拒绝浮于表面。
评分说实话,一开始我有些担心这本书会过于学术化,阅读起来会枯燥乏味,但我的顾虑完全是多余的。作者巧妙地在严谨的论述中注入了许多个人化的、充满烟火气的细节。比如,描述制作一道传统甜点时,他插入了一段关于他童年记忆的片段,瞬间拉近了与读者的距离,让原本可能显得高冷的异域美食瞬间变得亲切起来。这种叙事上的张弛有度,让我在学习烹饪技巧的同时,也感受到了浓厚的人情味。它成功地平衡了“知识的权威性”和“阅读的愉悦性”,这是很多专业书籍难以企及的高度。
评分我必须强调,这本书的实用性体现在它对现代厨房环境的充分考量。许多古老食谱的复刻往往要求使用难以寻觅的工具或极其昂贵的进口调料,让人望而却步。然而,这本书在这方面做得非常人性化。它不仅给出了传统用料,还贴心地提供了几种可替代的、更容易在本地市场购得的替代方案,并详细说明了替换后风味可能产生的细微变化。这种“桥梁”作用,使得那些复杂的、历史悠久的菜肴不再是遥不可及的“米其林三星挑战”,而真正走进了普通家庭的餐桌。对于忙碌的现代人来说,这种对效率和真实风味的兼顾,是这本书最大的亮点之一。
评分这本书简直是烹饪界的百科全书!我花了整整一个下午才大致翻完,那种感觉就像是踏入了一个充满香料和故事的奇妙迷宫。作者的叙事功力实在令人赞叹,他不仅仅是在罗列食谱,更像是在带领我们进行一次深入的文化之旅。每一个章节的过渡都处理得极其自然流畅,从北非的塔吉锅到黎凡特的烤肉,中间穿插着对历史脉络的精妙梳理,让我对这些菜肴背后的社会变迁和地域特色有了更深层次的理解。尤其是关于食材起源的探讨,简直是教科书级别的详尽,他会告诉你某一种香料是如何跨越大陆,影响了数个世纪的饮食习惯。
评分我对这本书的排版和设计印象非常深刻。坦白说,市面上很多美食书的图片往往是华而不实的堆砌,但这本书的视觉呈现简直是艺术品。每一张照片都充满了氛围感,光影的运用恰到好处,让你仿佛能闻到食物的香气。更重要的是,食谱的编排逻辑清晰到令人感动,即便是像我这样烘焙经验不算丰富的人,也能轻松地根据指示操作。步骤拆分得极为细致,从前期的准备工作到最后的摆盘建议,都考虑得面面俱到。我特别欣赏它在难度标识上的诚实,明确告诉读者哪些是适合新手挑战的快手菜,哪些是需要投入时间和精力的“硬菜”,这极大地帮助了我规划我的烹饪时间表。
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