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A Finalist for the 2022 James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award (International) Longlisted for the 2022 Art of Eating Prize A New York Times Best Cookbook of 2021 * A Guardian Best Food Book of 2021 * A Simply Recipes Favorite Cookbook of 2021 * A WBUR Here & Now Favorite Cookbook of 2021The acclaimed author of Zaitoun returns with vibrant recipes and powerful stories from the islands that bridge the Mediterranean and the Middle East.For thousands of years, the eastern Mediterranean has stood as a meeting point between East and West, bringing cultures and cuisines through trade, commerce, and migration. Traveling by boat and land, Yasmin Khan traces the ingredients that have spread through the region from the time of Ottoman rule to the influence of recent refugee communities.At the kitchen table, she explores what borders, identity, and migration mean in an interconnected world, and her recipes unite around thickets of dill and bunches of oregano, zesty citrus and sweet dates, thick tahini and soothing cardamom. Khan includes healthy, seasonal, vegetable-focused recipes, such as hot yogurt soups, zucchini and feta fritters, pomegranate and sumac chicken, and candied pumpkin with tahini and date syrup.Fully accessible for the home cook, with stunning food and location photography, Ripe Figs is a dazzling collection of recipes and stories that celebrate an ever-diversifying region and imagine a world without borders. 100 illustrations
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Yasmin Khan is a best-selling and award-winning author, broadcaster and campaigner, who is passionate about sharing people's stories through food. Her work sits on the intersection of food, travel and politics and her critically-acclaimed books, and , use everyday stories to human connection to challenge stereotypes of the Middle East. Yasmin has worked as a presenter for BBC R4's Food Programme and CNN's Perfect Dish series. She is a regular media commentator, appearing on flagship programmes such as Newsnight, the Today programme and Women's Hour, and writes for a variety of publications including the Guardian, the Telegraph, the New Statesmen, Saveur, Afar, Food52 and Roads and Kingdoms. Prior to her writing career, Yasmin trained in Law and was a human rights campaigner for a decade, running national and international campaigns on poverty and human rights. Yasmin is also a sought after public speaker who has delivered hundreds of motivational and inspiring speeches around the world on issues relating to activism, creativity, burnout, career change and human rights in the Middle East.
