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funkyfrummom ↓

Mon, Feb 12 2024, 3:12 pm

Hi,

I am looking for a recommendation for a good Syrian cookbook. It could be devoted to Syrian food or could be a more general one.

I know about Aromas of Aleppo but was told the recipes don't actually hold up well (cooking times off, etc.) and that it is more a coffee table book.

Are there any other options? Or is that still the best one?

hotcocoa1234

Mon, Feb 12 2024, 3:41 pm

Aromas of Aleppo and deal delights are the main syrian cookbooks

isrmss91

Mon, Feb 12 2024, 4:03 pm

Vera Newman's cookbook, the Marblespoon, has alot of Syrian inspired receipes. Her Grandmother was syrian. Her Hashu stuffed capons, and Chicken thighs in peas, A meat and rice dish as well, come to mind.
The original "Deal Delights" was a spiral and just receipes. Most people want pictures today. It is also hard to find as well as Rae Dayan's " For the Love of Cooking" another out of print book.
There is another cookbook more readily available called " A Fistful of Lentils" by Jennifer Abadi. Saw a few on Amazon, though I never personally used it. "Aromas of Aleppo" is my go to.

cbg ↓

Mon, Feb 12 2024, 4:19 pm

The “CENTA” (that’s how it’s pronounced, Sephardic Jewish Center) just came out with a cookbook
called
freshcookbook

Spiral, no pictures

↑ funkyfrummom ↓

Mon, Feb 12 2024, 6:40 pm

Thank you. I will look into all of these. I don't mind spiral bound at all. I can picture how things will look.

ss27 ↓

Mon, Feb 12 2024, 7:22 pm

The YDE cookbook is amazing but I forgot what it's called

↑ funkyfrummom ↓

Mon, Feb 12 2024, 7:24 pm

ss27 wrote:

The YDE cookbook is amazing but I forgot what it's called

I googled... Does "Seasoned with Love" with a green cover sound right?

↑ ss27

Mon, Feb 12 2024, 7:26 pm

funkyfrummom wrote:

I googled... Does "Seasoned with Love" with a green cover sound right?

Yes! There are some great ones in there

iamamotha ↓

Mon, Feb 12 2024, 8:38 pm

Try calling kitchen caboodles in Brooklyn they have the deal delight cookbook maybe they have some other spiral ones there's also Sarine roffe who has a bunch of recipes. A lot of recipes are passed down thru generations and word of mouth

↑ cbg

Mon, Feb 12 2024, 8:49 pm

ss27 wrote:

The YDE cookbook is amazing but I forgot what it's called

I have it
It’s very nice
Lots of interesting recipes
Not exactly Syrian basics
Not like the Aleppo cook book

There’s an old dark pink one
I think from AhiEzer
I don’t have it but I heard it’s very good for Syrian Recipes

↑ funkyfrummom ↓

Tue, Feb 13 2024, 1:09 pm

I can definitely try Kitchen Caboodles (I'm in Brooklyn).

Thanks for all these suggestions. It's really helpful.

For the Deal Delights, I see online there are 2 that are older (vol 1 and vol 2) and then there is one called Deal Delights Classics which is newer. As far as I can tell, the newer one is just a selection from the first two? And perhaps modernized a bit(?)

↑ iamamotha

Tue, Feb 13 2024, 7:44 pm

What type of recipes are
You looking for? Anything specific?

↑ funkyfrummom

Thu, Feb 15 2024, 6:33 pm

iamamotha wrote:

What type of recipes are
You looking for? Anything specific?

No, not looking for anything specific... just wanted something that offered a good overview of Syrian dishes, but not a gourmet/chef type version... more looking for recipes women actually make that are tasty, have the flavor profile right, but not overly complicated.

As a parallel example, I had two different Moroccan cookbooks at some point in the past. With both books, the recipes were either historical or tons of ingredients and complicated directions. I just wanted to make yummy shabbos dips that were always called "Moroccan" this or "Moroccan" that... Eventually I figured out that most of the "recipes" I needed were only 3-4 ingredients. They weren't complex/complicated at all.

I am really just looking for some dips, salads, kibbeh, simple desserts (not necessarily pastry)... that type of thing. Mainly for Shabbos.

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