A taste of persia is a collection of authentic recipes from one of the worlds most sophisticated and ancient cuisines chosen and adapted for todays lifestyle and kitchen here are light. Persian food is so delicious although i know how to make several dishes i appreciate this cookbooks collection of some of the most classic fare if youve never had the pleasure of tasting persian cuisine i highly recommend visiting a persian restaurant and attempting some of the recipes in this book. Recipes from this book recipe lamb kabab chenjeh kabab editors note the recipe and introductory text below are excerpted from najmieh batmanglijs book a taste of persia. A taste of persia is a collection of authentic recipes from one of the worlds oldest cuisines chosen and adapted for todays lifestyle and kitchen here are light appetizers and kababs hearty stews and rich golden crusted rices among many other dishes all fragrant with the distinctive persian use of herbs spices and fruits. A taste of persia an introduction to persian cooking times literary supplement the persians cultivated and disseminated to the rest of the world the walnut pistachio pomegranate cucumber broad bean and pea as well as basil coriander and sesame in a dictionary of persian cooking at the back of the book batmanglij