Gaza Kitchen

I was presented with a copy of the is amazing book The Gaza Kitchen for helping Zaytoun the fair trade company at the Palestine Fair.  The Fair was held at the Arab British Chamber of Commerce...... there are some great recipes in and lots of background to the Palestinian culture.

It is the first time I am knowing about the Shay bil Maramiya 

you can get a copy of this book and a selection of products from 
http://www.zaytoun.org/

The Gaza Kitchen is a richly illustrated cookbook that explores the distinctive cuisine and food heritage of the area known prior to 1948 as the Gaza District—and that of the many refugees from elsewhere in Palestine who came to Gaza in 1948 and have been forced to stay there ever since. In summer 2010, authors Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt traveled the length and breadth of the Gaza Strip to collect the recipes presented in the book. They were also able to build on the extensive knowledge that Laila, herself a Palestinian from Gaza, had gained from family and friends throughout the years.When Laila and Maggie launched this project in 2009, they wrote:Why do we want to talk about food and cooking?Because food is the essence of the everyday. Beyond all the discourses, the positions and the polemics, there is the kitchen.  And even in Gaza, that most tortured little strip of land, hundreds of thousands of women every day find ways to sustain their families and friends in body and spirit.  They make the kitchen a stronghold against despair, and there craft necessity into pleasure and dignity.- See more at: http://www.zaytoun.org/zaytoun_the_gaza_kitchen.html#sthash.VZ0mXwYD.dpuf

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