SUQAR by Greg Malouf and Lucy Malouf
November 29, 2018 by JennyGreg and Lucy Malouf have co-written eight cookbooks. The once
married couple who divorced during the production of their first
effort, Arabesque, manage
to continue to make beautiful cookbooks together. The Maloufs’
books are excursions to the Middle East fueled by words, food and
photographs. Each title has earned a spot on my bulging
bookshelves.
Their latest, SUQAR: Desserts
& Sweets from the Modern Middle East, will take your
breath away, as it did mine. When I first received the book, I
wrote my friend at Hardie Grant and stated “I just received SUQAR and I
think I need to take a cold shower. This book is spectacular.”
Books such as this one deliver an experience l wouldn’t likewise be
likely to enjoy. With the Maloufs’ work, I am able to walk into my
kitchen, gather a few ingredients and in no time at all enjoy a
Turkish pretty eye cookie or any number of Middle Eastern
delights.
There are certain recipes that may require a trip to a Middle Eastern grocery or an order online but overall the recipes here are approachable and inspirational. I often joke that the universe doesn’t need another snickerdoodle recipe but we do need to (or at least I need to) wrap my heart around new cuisines and bring the world just a bit closer via my kitchen.
This book is our baking option in The Eat Your Book Cookbook Club for February and has made my Best Cookbooks of 2018 and my Gift Guide for Cookbook Lovers. Present a copy of this stunner with a Ma’amoul mold and make a baker in your life happy. There are a variety of molds (which are optional for the Ma’amoul recipes) at Amazon.
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Special thanks to Hardie Grant for providing us with the materials for our preview and supplying three copies of this must-have baking title in our giveaway below.
The publisher is offering three copies of this book to EYB Members in the US, UK, AU and NZ. One of the entry options is to answer the following question in the comments section of this blog post.
Which recipe in the index would you try first?
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