“Packed with history, humor, and delicious food, this travelogue-memoir-cookbook checks every box. Anna’s encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject, combined with compelling personal stories and recipes deeply rooted in a unique culinary culture, add a new voice to an important food story.” – Adeena Sussman
“A delectable feast for the senses. Anna Ansari traverses the colorful cuisines of the Silk Roads with curiosity, knowledge, and empathy.” – Naz Deravian
“A superb culinary journey along Silk Roads less travelled.” – Jay Rayner
This is the story of the world’s most famous trade routes, retold through recipes.
In this rich and delicious cookbook, Iranian-American cook and writer Anna Ansari takes us on a culinary, historical, and personal odyssey across the Silk Roads.
Weaving together essays, family photography and 90 recipes, Ansari brings life to the flavors of the Silk Roads – from the walnut groves of her father’s Iranian childhood, across Central Asian markets brimming with fragrant melons and thronged with fat-tailed sheep, and into the neighborhoods of modern-day Chinese cities.
Discover delectable dishes from Baku to Beijing – Azeri-Iranian stews served with crispy-bottomed rice, dill-infused noodles from Western Uzbekistan, Georgian cornbread, Uyghur lamb chops and all kinds of dumplings, from fat, spiraled oromo to tiny, stuffed dushbara in a delicate saffron broth. Plus, you’ll find refreshing drinks and sharbats, and American-inspired desserts like apple pie with quince, sticky persimmon pudding, and walnut-studded spiced blondies.
“A book of delicious recipes interwoven with histories, family stories and a good dash of humour is what we all need just now.” – Olia Hercules
From the Publisher
ASIN : B0F73GCQLY
Publisher : DK
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : October 14, 2025
Language : English
File size : 145.9 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 251 pages
ISBN-13 : 979-8217137923
Page Flip : Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #295,820 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #62 in Gastronomy History (Books) #125 in Asian Cooking, Food & Wine #140 in Gastronomy History (Kindle Store)
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