Feasts is a sumptuous celebration of Persian food featuring more than 90 sophisticated yet approachable recipes for breakfast and brunch, weeknights, weekends, summer meals, vegetarian dishes, festive occasions, and comfort food. The author, who teaches cooking, is an expert on Middle Eastern food, and her voice is authoritative but friendly, making the recipes very accessible even to the most inexperienced cook. Chapter intros brim with passion for her homeland’s culinary delights, and her recipe methods are easy to follow. The author also provides suggestions for complete menus. From finger foods, mezze dishes, entrees, sides, desserts, and drinks, Feasts is a mouthwatering tour of Persian food for today’s home cook. Breakfast & Brunch : Goat cheese & filo pies, Cheddar & feta frittata with peppers, herbs & pul biber, Apple, cinnamon & raisin loaf with nigella honey butter

The photography is provided by Kris Kirkham. Every recipe is accompanied by a beautifully styled photo of the finished dish. Measurements are listed in US Customary and the titles are written in English.I have already bought this as a present for a friend and it has gone down a storm. There is plenty of vegetarian dishes and salads, innovative desserts and lovely fish (the roasted cod is a interesting twist on what can be a very bland dish).

Sabrina Ghayour knows how to throw a party: serve big dishes of beautifully spiced food and let everyone dig in.' - OLIVE This Spicy Halloumi Salad with Tomatoes and Fried Bread is such a fun summer salad. It has all the healthy stuff like tomatoes, red onions, and cucumbers paired with the more indulgent pan-fried Halloumi cheese and cubes of sourdough bread.I know I am gushing about this book but I can honestly say that, of my extensive shelves of recipe books, this is amongst the most interesting and well thumbed book at the moment and I can’t wait to try more of the recipes.

I cooked a few things from this book on Saturday for Mr B's birthday, and it all worked gorgeously well. I suspect there are chefs and cookbooks that suit you as a cook, and those that don't. A combination of tastes and ingredients, methods and implements that will either sit well with you or don't. Some of my favourite cookbooks are actually ones from which I only make a handful of recipes. Instead, for once, I was leafing through Feasts - trying not to drool - and thinking I could make and enjoy eating just about every single one of these recipes. That is rare. I think Ms Ghayour and I are a good fit in the kitchen! And the proof was in the pudding on Saturday, I can promise you. Summer Feasts : Butterflied leg of lamb with pomegranate salsa, Pomegranate, cucumber & pistachio yogurt, Peach, feta & mint salad Ghayour brings authentic recipes up to date using a handful of simple, easily acquired ingredients. Completely dispels any notion that this style of cooking is long-winded and intimidating...brilliant for the novice, the time-poor and even the seasoned cook. Sabrina cooks the kind of food I love to eat: lots of flavours distilled out of love and generosity. In this book Sabrina demystifies the use of spices. The Eastern promise is definitely delivered in her book and it will have a place on the shelves of my kitchen.

Reserve 2 large cupfuls of the cooking liquid for making the sauce, then rinse the noodles under cold running water. Drain, then return the noodles to the pan and set aside. This wonderful Persian-born chef is a master of the Middle East and her book is sumptuous, thrilling, learned and downright brilliant. Ghayour is responsible for making Persian food fashionable, and her new book does not disappoint. It is a joyous celebration of gathering friends and family around a table laden with abundance.' - SUNDAY TIMES IRELAND Ghayour is responsible for making Persian food fashionable, and her new book does not disappoint. It is a joyous celebration of gathering friends and family around a table laden with abundance.' - Sunday Times Ireland