Although I’ll be a bit more detailed below, I think the best thing I can say about this cookbook is that even after 6 days of eating horribly on vacation (hi frozen yogurts, butter beer, bagels, dessert every night and greasy breakfast sandwiches) I’m still looking at the pictures of this food and drooling. Usually, after vacation binges I don’t want to see or think of food for days and would happily live off of blended vegetable drinks until I feel detoxed and back to normal. Right now, I’d still go for a shawarma wrap so that’s saying something.
The Recipes:
Zucchini Fritters | Spiced Shawarma Chicken Wraps | Coconut Semolina Muffins
We picked 3 very different recipes from different sections of the book and not a single one disappointed. I loved that that each one was flavorful in a way you didn’t necessarily expect from the ingredients that went into them. Almost an understated elegance kind of thing…there’s something I never thought I’d say about food.
I slightly tweaked each recipe to fit my own preferences but each dish was flexible enough to hold up to it. I love that in recipes. I’m enough of a health nut to usually want to change something in someone else’s recipe so it’s nice when it’s not too rigid of a combination to do that.
As for the rest of book? It’s chock full of dishes I plan to try out like these Eggs Poached in Spicy Tomato Sauce and the Thyme Spiced Flat Pies. Having gorgeous pictures (which these less than stellar iphone pics don’t do justice) of each recipe definitely helps in making you want to try it!
The Layout:
The layout is easy to follow along with (broken down by course) and even has a few helpful beginning sections about Middle Eastern ingredients and kitchen tools. I was happy to see the normal recipe layout with the title of the dish, a brief description, ingredient list and numbered directions in this book. For some reason, the directions broken down by pictures and written like a story approach really annoys me and will most times prevent me from buying the cookbook. Another fun touch of Faith’s book is at the end which contains a list of specialty stores in the USA that carry Middle Eastern ingredients. It’s not very extensive but if you’re in a major city, chances are you’ll find something near you. Shockingly, there are none in Hopewell Junction, NY. Sorry suburban and rural friends, you’ll have to do your own research.
The Giveaway:
So after all that gushing, you probably want the book for yourself, right?
Well, have at it! Details below:
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Courtesy of Tuttle Publishing, one reader will win one copy of Faith’s book, titled: An Edible Mosaic. This giveaway is open until Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 at 11:59 EST. Giveaway is open to anyone, worldwide. Winner will be randomly selected and emailed. Winner has 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. Main entry must be completed or extra entries will not count.
MAIN ENTRY
Answer the following question in the comment section below: Do you have a favorite Middle-Eastern food or recipe?
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*Disclaimer: I received a copy of An Edible Mosaic to cook from. Giveaway is provided by Tuttle Publishing
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Hands-down our favourite Mediterranean dish is hummus! (which, isn’t really a dish, per say, but we could eat it with a spoon as a main dish, we love it THAT much!) Hummus and pita chips for dinner? Don’t mind if we do!
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I don’t have a favorite middle eastern food, unless you include homemade pitas and hummus! My Favorite!!
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I love anything curry!!
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I’m not sure if I have a favorite middle eastern dish, but that picture of the poached egg in tomato sauce is making me drool! I’m obsessed with poached eggs.
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YES! I love hummus, in all forms. This cookbook looks amazing!
Chicken shwarma!
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My mouth is watering looking at the pictures!
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If you can believe it, I’ve never tried Middle Eastern food! Unless you count pitas and hummus…
My favorite middle eastern food is stuffed vine leaves. It’s yummy
I’m so excited about getting a copy of this book.
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My favorite middle eastern spice blend is Ras El Hanout. BIG fan.
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Yummy! We are big fans of middle eastern food. I love spanokapita, tabouli, homemade pita, etc…
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My favorite middle eastern food is baba ganoush!
I love falafel
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I love the Shawarma wrap. I have made one similar to this in the past. These are so good.
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My syrian grandmother makes this lamb dish that is amazing. It’s super easy and healthy. I can’t think of the name but it’s amazing!
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Do you have a favorite Middle-Eastern food or recipe? – Falafel! I probably spelled that horrible wrong but I loveeee it!
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You are awesome! Thank you so much for participating in this event…I am so grateful to all you talented ladies! xo
P.S. I could *so* go for a butter beer right now.
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nom nom nom, kreplachs!!
Anything with pita and hummus and lots of veggies! Yum! The book looks amazing!
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Anything with hummus! Love trying all the new, crazy flavors of hummus too!
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One of my best friends is Lebanese, and growing up I always loved going to their house for dinner! My favorite is sort of a little of everything: Pita bread with homemade hummus (with olive oil poured on top), feta, baba ganoush, homemade pickled olives, with some veggies and mint leaves! MMMM! Now I’m hungry!
I love making babaganosh!
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At this point, a little boring, but I love Hummus. I love it on everything, baked potatoes, cauliflower, avacado and hummus sandwiches…yum…
My favorite middle eastern food is definitely hummus! But I did recently make the zucchini fritters and my friends and I loved them!
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Garlic Hummus!
Favourite: nice big spicy vat of chicken or shrimp biryani rice!
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Oh no, a favorite? I love it all! I’m particularly a fan of the Middle Eastern style of Kebabs. As well as all nutty sauces, and anything with Chick Peas. But, yea, doner kebab is the winner! SO YUMMY.
I love hummus. But only homemade.
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So much fabulous food recipes to choose from & so, little time to pick just one. Love to cook & eat them all!
falafel, hummus
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hummus is a dead give-away, but honestly there’s nothing tastier than hummus and tabbouleh together with pita
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My favorite Middle Eastern foods are falafel, hummus, and babaganoush! So delicious
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My family is Lebanese, so it’s tough to pick just one Middle Eastern recipe I love. But let’s go with stuffed grape leaves!
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i spent some time in Morocco and absolutely loved a chicken/carrot tagine that the family made… i’ve not had anything else like it!
My favorite Middle-Eastern food is Falafel!
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My grandmother is from Tunisia and has made several authentic middle eastern dishes for my family growing up. My absolute favorite are “boulettes” (sp?). Kinda like healthier meatballs.
I love it all — a great lamb stew with pita is probably one of my favorites though!
Would hummus be considered one? This is an area of cooking I am learning about more! thanks!
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My home-baked falafel is my absolute favorite Middle Eastern dish!
My favorite middle-eastern food has got to be Hummus, but would love to expand my horizons!
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My favorite middle eastern food is poached eggs in a spicy red sauce – mmm!
My favorite Middle Eastern food is cous cous!
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I love couscous!
I love Middle Eastern cuisine and cook it frequently. Hummus of course, but I love couscous with a delicious vegetable tagine. Great giveaway. Thank you.
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I love Keppe, taboule, everything!
Muhamara with warm pita is heaven.
My favorite Middle Eastern food is Shish Taouk.
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I don’t have a favorite.. but I DO love a lot of it. All veggie things!
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I love hummus & baklava (it’s a tie!). This book looks amazing!
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I love curries of most kinds
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Shalgham… hands down. It’s a turnip preparation, where the exact spice blend varies by country, but it is sooo good.
All these recipes look so delicious!
It’s so ubiquitous now that it’s hard to remember that it’s a Middle Eastern dish, but hummus.
i’m taking a trip to the middle east this week and am looking forward to having shawarma, falafel, pita with zaatar, boatloads of eggplant, and chummus spreads with all the appropriate salads that come along with it. i don’t know if pickled turnip counts as a middle eastern food but that’s some good stuff too.
For a starter baba ganoush with bread, couscous for a mean course and all kind of sweet patries for dessert!
I just LOVE baklavas!! Aren’t they the best thing on earth?!
I like falafel and stuffed grape leaves.
My favorite is traditional couscous.
My favorite is shawarma, with some tzatziki… is the best combo ever!
Yum! My favorite middle eastern food is probably chicken shawarma with a warm pita – yum!
Hummus is definitely up there, equalled by falafel. And on indulgent days, add in some tzatsiki!
Can I just say I want a Mezze?!?! x
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from what I’ve seen so far, I’d love a copy of this book! I could eat Israeli food all day, ever yday… mmm shwarama!
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Shakshuka!
Aahh, I am so behind on my commenting but I’m glad I at least got an entry in this! I don’t know why, but I save up a list of books I want and buy them all at once instead of buying books as they come out, and this one is definitely on my list
As for favorite food… My mom made a kind of keema growing up and it’s still such a comfort food for me.
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I love foul mudammas for breakfast!