Arab fairy tale feasts : a literary cookbook / tales by Karim Alrawi; recipes by Sobhi al-Zobaidi & Tamam Qanembou-Zobaidi, and Karim Alrawi; illustrations by Nahid Kazemi.
Record details
- ISBN: 1623719089 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781623719081 : HRD
- ISBN: 1623719089
- ISBN: 9781623719081
- Physical Description: 143 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Publisher: Northampton, MA : Crocodile Books, 2021.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Juicy apricots -- The lion repents -- The story and the chickpeas -- A pot of coins -- Fish soup in Gaza -- Abu Nawas tells a tale -- Why chicken and ostrich cannot fly -- The last supper -- Student of the marshlands -- The brickmaker's hoard -- The sultan and his wazir -- The kindly old man -- The genie in the sack -- The dream garden -- In happiness and health, afterword. |
Summary, etc.: | "Award-winning writer and master storyteller Karim Alrawi draws on his deep knowledge of Arab culture in creating these enchanting tales that are a feast for young imaginations. These stories take readers of every age on a delightful literary, cultural and culinary odyssey. A profusion of unforgettable characters--fishermen and date merchants, child cooks and squabbling animals, beggars and thieves, genies and ghouls, sultans and princesses--appears in the stories presented here. each tale features some aspect of food, feasting or cooking, and is followed by a recipe for a classic Arab dish. Alrawi also provides a wealth of scholarly anecdotes, illuminating many aspects of Arab culture and culinary history. Nahib Kazemi's luminous illustrations capture the magic of each tale"--Inside jacket. |
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Subject: | Cooking > Middle East > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Fairy tales. |
Available copies
- 8 of 9 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kent Memorial Library - Suffield.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | J 641.5 A (Text) | 32518149161997 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
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