Apricots on the Nile A Memoir with Recipes

Name: Apricots on the Nile A Memoir with Recipes
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ISBN: 9780743475617

ISBN-10: 0743475615

ISBN-13: 9780743475617

Edition: 2004

Authors: Colette Rossant

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Cairo, 1937: French-born Colette Rossant is waiting out World War II among her father's Egyptian-Jewish relatives. From the moment she arrives at her grandparents' belle époque mansion by the Nile, the five-year-old Colette finds companionship and comfort among the other "outsiders" in her home away from home -- the cooks and servants in the kitchen. The chef, Ahmet, lets Colette taste theful; she learns how to makesambusaksfor her new friends; and she shops forsemitsand other treats in the Khan-al-Khalili market. Colette is beginning to understand how her family's culture is linked to the kitchen...and soon she will claim Egypt's food, landscape, and people as her own. Apricots on the…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Publication date: 4/20/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Colette Rossant is the author of eight cook-books and the memoirs Apricots on the Nile and Return to Paris. A James Beard Award-nominated journalist, she divides her time between New York and France.