Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir with Recipes

Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir with RecipesCairo, 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 poque 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 the ful; she learns how to make sambusaks for her new friends; and she

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 poque 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 the ful; she learns how to make sambusaks for her new friends; and she shops for semits and 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 Nile is a loving testament to Colette's adopted homeland. With dozens of original recipes and family photographs, Colette's coming-of-age memoir is a splendid exploration of old Cairo in all its flavor, variety, and wide-eyed wonder.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Published: 04/20/2004
ISBN: 9780743475617
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d