{"product_id":"food-of-life-40th-anniversary-edition","title":"Food of Life: 40th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeatures 400+ Recipes\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe 40th Anniversary Edition of Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies by Najmieh Batmanglij contains more recipes and more photos. Each recipe has been restructured for more clarity, including tips and suggestions from her fans over the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFood of Life provides 400+ authentic Iranian recipes as well as an introduction to Persian art, history, and culture. The book’s hundreds of full color photographs are intertwined with descriptions of ancient and modern Persian ceremonies, poetry, folktales, travelogue excerpts and anecdotes. This book is a labour of love that began in exile, after the Iranian Revolution of 1979, as a love letter to Najmieh’s children. It is the result of 40 years of collecting, testing and adapting Persian recipes for today’s kitchen. All the ingredients for cooking Persian food are now readily available throughout the U.S. enabling anyone from a master chef to a novice to reproduce the refined tastes, textures, and beauty of Persian cuisine. Food-related pieces from the 10th century Book of Kings, and 1,001 Nights to the classics of Persian poetry, the humor of Mulla Nasruddin, as well as Persian miniatures are all included.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEach recipe is presented with steps that are logical and easy to follow. Readers learn how to simply yet deliciously cook rice with its golden crust tahdig, the jewel of Persian cooking, which, when combined with a little meat, fowl, or fish, vegetables, fruits, and herbs, provides the perfect balanced diet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mage Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66338249539933,"sku":null,"price":60.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781949445800.jpg?v=1793098234","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/food-of-life-40th-anniversary-edition","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}