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Orient Express
Orient Express is for busy cooks who want a touch of the light, beautiful cuisine of the eastern Mediterranean.
Following her acclaimed Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume , Silvena Rowe turns her focus to the delicious small dishes that you would find in the bustling street markets of Damascus or Istanbul -- koftes, falafels and pilafs -- as well as delicious puddings such as vanilla baklava, and chocolate and pistachio mousse.
In this treasure trove of a book she presents 100 light, enticing new recipes, perfectly balanced for mezze-style summer meals. This is a cuisine both for celebrating and Ottoman-inspired food, based around stunning combinations of sweet and sour -- honey and cinnamon, saffron and sumac -- and given a brilliant modern twist by one of the most exciting chefs working in Britain today.
Silvena Rowe has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the foods and culinary traditions of the eastern Mediterranean. Her cooking is light and the presentation of her dishes is elegant and sophisticated, while the flavours are powerful and the textures balanced. Her enthusiasm for the food of her heritage is evident on every page.
Following her acclaimed Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume , Silvena Rowe turns her focus to the delicious small dishes that you would find in the bustling street markets of Damascus or Istanbul -- koftes, falafels and pilafs -- as well as delicious puddings such as vanilla baklava, and chocolate and pistachio mousse.
In this treasure trove of a book she presents 100 light, enticing new recipes, perfectly balanced for mezze-style summer meals. This is a cuisine both for celebrating and Ottoman-inspired food, based around stunning combinations of sweet and sour -- honey and cinnamon, saffron and sumac -- and given a brilliant modern twist by one of the most exciting chefs working in Britain today.
Silvena Rowe has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the foods and culinary traditions of the eastern Mediterranean. Her cooking is light and the presentation of her dishes is elegant and sophisticated, while the flavours are powerful and the textures balanced. Her enthusiasm for the food of her heritage is evident on every page.
208 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2011
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About the author
Silvena Rowe
17 books10 followersSilvena Rowe (born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is a British chef, food writer, television personality and restaurateur.
Rowe was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria to a Bulgarian mother and a Turkish father. Rowe's father, who was a newspaper editor, Bulgarianised his name due to Bulgaria's communist government. He instilled in Rowe a love of cooking, and he passed down the traditions of the Ottoman cuisine. In 1986, at the age of 19, she moved to London where she married Malcolm Rowe. She cooked in the kitchen of the Notting Hill bookshop Books for Cooks, which led her to cook for Princess Michael of Kent, Ruby Wax and Tina Turner. She also met Malcolm Gluck and the two began to write a regular food column for The Guardian newspaper. In 2007, she was the food consultant on David Cronenberg’s 2007 film Eastern Promises. She has become a regular guest on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen and ITV's This Morning. In 2007, her book Feasts won the Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award. After her fathers death she wanted to rediscover her heritage so she travelled through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan tracing her Ottoman roots; this resulted in her cookbook Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume.
On 1st June 2011, her restaurant Quince opened at The May Fair Hotel in Mayfair, London. Her restaurant is influenced by her Turkish heritage- homage to her grandfather Mehmed, who used to cook the dishes for her father.
Rowe was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria to a Bulgarian mother and a Turkish father. Rowe's father, who was a newspaper editor, Bulgarianised his name due to Bulgaria's communist government. He instilled in Rowe a love of cooking, and he passed down the traditions of the Ottoman cuisine. In 1986, at the age of 19, she moved to London where she married Malcolm Rowe. She cooked in the kitchen of the Notting Hill bookshop Books for Cooks, which led her to cook for Princess Michael of Kent, Ruby Wax and Tina Turner. She also met Malcolm Gluck and the two began to write a regular food column for The Guardian newspaper. In 2007, she was the food consultant on David Cronenberg’s 2007 film Eastern Promises. She has become a regular guest on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen and ITV's This Morning. In 2007, her book Feasts won the Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award. After her fathers death she wanted to rediscover her heritage so she travelled through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan tracing her Ottoman roots; this resulted in her cookbook Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume.
On 1st June 2011, her restaurant Quince opened at The May Fair Hotel in Mayfair, London. Her restaurant is influenced by her Turkish heritage- homage to her grandfather Mehmed, who used to cook the dishes for her father.
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March 13, 2012
Като изключим, че имаше твърде много ястия с месо, като цяло книгата ми хареса! Прекрасни снимки, полезна информация и вкусни, лесни и изненадващи рецепти. Дори само като четеш, ти замирисва на ориент! Сумак, заатар, кимион, шафран, много лимон, вода от портокалов цвят и т.н. разпалват въображението и очите ми светват, когато виждам как само една щипка необичайна подправка превръща ястието в нещо наистина вълнуващо, което нямам търпение да сготвя на моя мил архитект!
Днес например за обяд приготвих тъкмо нещо от книгата - салата с бял боб, карамелизиран лук, лимоново-таханов дресинг, магданоз и... сумак. Без него нямаше да бъде същото!
И още една история от снощи: понеже разпалено показвах книгата на приятелки в един ресторант, докато един готвач тъкмо минаваше край масата ни, той се спря, помоли да я разгледа, впечатли се, когато му казах, че Силвена Роу има майка българка и баща турчин и че е изключително популярен готвач във Великобритания със собствено шоу и ресторант, и явно съм изглеждавала доста ентусиазирана, защото той ме погледна възхително в очите и попита: Вие от Англия ли се връщате?
Бонус: любима рецепта от друга книга на Силвена Роу - http://www.kulinarno-joana.com/2011/0...
Днес например за обяд приготвих тъкмо нещо от книгата - салата с бял боб, карамелизиран лук, лимоново-таханов дресинг, магданоз и... сумак. Без него нямаше да бъде същото!
И още една история от снощи: понеже разпалено показвах книгата на приятелки в един ресторант, докато един готвач тъкмо минаваше край масата ни, той се спря, помоли да я разгледа, впечатли се, когато му казах, че Силвена Роу има майка българка и баща турчин и че е изключително популярен готвач във Великобритания със собствено шоу и ресторант, и явно съм изглеждавала доста ентусиазирана, защото той ме погледна възхително в очите и попита: Вие от Англия ли се връщате?
Бонус: любима рецепта от друга книга на Силвена Роу - http://www.kulinarno-joana.com/2011/0...
November 14, 2014
Beautiful and fascinating cookbook. The reader will delve into za'atar spiced rabbit gozleme, radi and honey cured salmon, wild greens and feta borek and haloumi, walnut, and frisee lettuce salad with nigella seed vinaigrette.
This is an excellent gift idea for the active cook, who's searching for some different meal options.
This is an excellent gift idea for the active cook, who's searching for some different meal options.
December 6, 2021
Really enjoy the categorization and theme of this book, with each chapter being dedicated to two spices/ingredients. This makes using up ingredients and meal planning much easier. Lot of really tantalizing combinations and dishes here, with many of them seeming pretty simple and straightforward. I want to cook a lot of these recipes, but also take ideas or discrete parts from them to make new combinations or enhance other meals. To me, that's a hallmark of a great cookbook.
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March 13, 2013The pictures were beautiful, but realistically I dont see myself making many of the recipes even if they claim to be "fast". They call for exoensive ingredients not commonlt found here.
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