Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen

I never cooked Persian food until my boyfriend bought me this book. It has very easy instructions, it also tells you how to substitute dry and fresh spices. It is not Americanized in any way, but still very easy! Love this author!

and to think our mothers try to convince us that cooking iranian food was sooooo difficult! this book makes it easy and delicious. i was amazed at how wonderful everything has turned out and the pictures are fantastic. she offers beautiful serving ideas that are perfect for dinner parties, etc. just double her salt recommendations and you'll be ready to go :)

Although I grew up in Bagh-e Ferdows in north Tehran and Gholam-Ali khan was a great cook, I never knew that Persian cooking had so many wonderful, low-carb, low-fat recipes for fish and kababs. This book is also full of regional recipes that have not been so delicately, and temptingly presented since the Safavids ruled Iran--and the recipes are healthy to boot. A must-have-book for every cook who is looking for new ideas and wants to eat healthy at the same time.

When I moved to San Jose I was exposed to Persian cuisine for the fist time in my life and fell in love.Najmieh K. Batmanglij has provided me, in this book, a great introduction to cooking the type of food I love while at same time respecting my healthy attitudes towards cooking.This is a great cook book.

I bought this book a year ago and have spent the past year perfecting my Persian cooking skills. With out Najmieh Batmanglij's wonderful book I'd be lost. The book is exquisite and replete with photographs, and wonderfully yummy recepies. I reccomend this book to anyone--especially anyone who loves cooking. Ms. Batmanglij is truly a master chef as well as master artist. I will buy her books for everyone in my family I reccomend you do the same.