- Paperback: 154 pages
- Publisher: Helen Corey (December 1989)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0962637602
- ISBN-13: 978-0962637605
- Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 20.1 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,086,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Corey successfully makes dishes enticing, appetizing and easily understood. Directions clear enough for inexperienced cooks to want to try them. -- Judges, Drake University and National Federation of Press Women
Fascinating to watch an expert work with filo dough. -- Canton, Ohio Repository - Kathie Smith
Popularity of foods among non-Arabs in the U.S. attributed to Helen Corey, for handsome volume, scores of recipes. -- Aramco World Magazine
Tantalizing dishes easy to prepare. Valuable tips prevent failure. Healthful low-fat vegetable and grains please the vegetarian and gourmand. -- Indianapolis Star - Donna Segal
With gratitude and personal thanks for participating in our class "Rice, Couscous, and Spice." We appreciate your expertise and knowledge. -- Smithsonian Inst. Res. Prgram - F.D. Browning Smithsonian Inst. Res. Program - F.D. Browning
Fascinating to watch an expert work with filo dough. -- Canton, Ohio Repository - Kathie Smith
Popularity of foods among non-Arabs in the U.S. attributed to Helen Corey, for handsome volume, scores of recipes. -- Aramco World Magazine
Tantalizing dishes easy to prepare. Valuable tips prevent failure. Healthful low-fat vegetable and grains please the vegetarian and gourmand. -- Indianapolis Star - Donna Segal
With gratitude and personal thanks for participating in our class "Rice, Couscous, and Spice." We appreciate your expertise and knowledge. -- Smithsonian Inst. Res. Prgram - F.D. Browning Smithsonian Inst. Res. Program - F.D. Browning
Book Description
Helen Corey's new exciting updated edition of Food from Biblical Lands, Syria and Lebaonon, which is a take-off of her original best seller The Art of Syrian Cookery, carries a health pyramid that stresses healthy eating People from these countries eat a healthful diet rich in grain foods - breads, pasta, rice, bulgur, couscous, lentils, legumes, fruits and vegetables. These are complex carbohydrate foods needed for energy.
These foods are also rich in valuable vitamins, minerals and fiber. Most of the fat in this diet comes from olive oil, which is monounsaturated and better for your heart. Adapted for the American kitchen, this succulent cuisine is profusely illustrated with foods that take you on a culinary trip to the lands of Bible History with an expanation of the background of the foods. From Kibby, Rice Dressing, Baked Eggplant, Roast Lamb, Stuffed Chicken, to Pocket and Cheese Breads along with health-foods recommended by nutritionists throughout the world: cracked wheat, lentils, soups, barley, appetizers, homos, vegetarian foods, stuffed grape leaves, squash and seafood recipes, easy to make yogurt in the microwave, couscous falafel, spinokopeta, balawa, ricotta and more pastries and party foods. The book covers a letter of recommendation from the titular head of the Antiochian Orthodox Church as the only book of its kind that faithfully portrays the religious and cultural significance of foods eaten since the dawn of time.
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Perfectly authentic and well written,
By Amanda Howell (Lancaster, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Helen Corey's Food from Biblical Lands: A Culinary Trip to the Land of Bible History (Paperback)
Each recipe is explained in detail and if an ingredient is uncommon she explains where to get it and what it is. She writes the recipes so that the end result turns out wonderfully. I grew up eating this food in Canton, OH and her recipes taste just the way the old Syrians would have prepared it. I was so happy to find a cookbook so true to the old world style. There are meat recipes as well as vegetable based cuisine, desserts, and even how to make the old Syrian cheese usually served with breakfast. It is a concise, great book and I wish more people knew how to prepare meals like this.
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A Bit of the Past,
By Rose Johnson Nasser (Cairo, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Helen Corey's Food from Biblical Lands: A Culinary Trip to the Land of Bible History (Paperback)
Helen Corey's cookbook and video, really takes one on a journey to the Holy Land. Oh, how my Mother and Father would have loved them. The cookbook, Food from Biblical Lands, and video, The Art of Syrian & Lebanese Cooking, brings back many loving memories of my Mother cooking Syrian foods. We were blessed with her until she was 91 years old, and she did most of the Syrian cooking while she was alive. I have tried to remember her different recipes, and with Helen's cookbook and video it helps bring it to life. It is as though Mother has returned to remind me what to put into each recipe. It is a precious bit of the past, here in the present. Thank you Helen for this wonderful gift. Keep up the good work.
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This review is from: Helen Corey's Food from Biblical Lands: A Culinary Trip to the Land of Bible History (Paperback)
This cookbook offers a wonderful introduction to Syrian and Lebanese cooking. Wonderful index and cross-reference help the beginner feel comfortable with the new terms and cooking ingredients. Helen Corey's book is more than just a cookbook however; she offers insight to the heritage of the foods and the traditions these regions bring to International cooking. I recommend this book to all cooks; whether they are already familiar with these foods and cooking style or are just beginning to branch out from their our family's favorites. Ms. Corey has provided a feast a great recipes and photos that will stir up an appetite in anyone.
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