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Arab fairy tale feasts a literary cookbook

"Award-winning writer and master storyteller Karim Alrawi draws on his deep knowledge of Arab culture in creating these enchanting tales that are a feast for young imaginations. These stories take readers of every age on a delightful literary, cultural and culinary odyssey. A profusion of unfor...

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Main Author: Alrawi, Karim (Author)
Other Authors: Kazemi, Nahid (Illustrator), Zobaidi, Sobhi al-, 1961- (Contributor), Qanembou-Zobaidi, Tamam (Contributor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Northampton, Massachusetts : Crocodile Books, 2021.
Subjects:
Folklore > Middle East > Juvenile nonfiction.
Folklore > Arabian Peninsula > Juvenile nonfiction.
Cooking > Middle East > Juvenile nonfiction.
Fairy tales > Juvenile.
Cookbooks > Juvenile.
Recipes > Juvenile.
Table of Contents:
  • The meal and the conversation, introduction
  • Juicy apricots
  • The lion repents
  • The story and the chickpeas
  • A pot of coins
  • Fish soup in Gaza
  • Abu Nawas tells a tale
  • Why chicken and ostrich cannot fly
  • The last supper
  • Student of the marshlands
  • The brickmaker's hoard
  • The sultan and his wazir
  • The kindly old man
  • The genie in the sack
  • The dream garden
  • In happiness and health, afterword.

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