Parwana: Recipes and stories from an Afghan kitchen by Durkhanai Ayubi Hardcover

Title in this set:. Parwana: Recipes and stories from an Afghan kitchen. Condition:BRAND NEW. Format:Hardcover. ISBN :9781911632238. Parwana: Recipes and stories from an Afghan kitchen by Durkhanai Ayubi :. Recipes and stories from an Afghan kitchen, perfect for fans of Sabrina Gayour and Yotam Ottolenghi. Interwoven with traditional Afghan recipes is one family's story of a region long afflicted by war, but with much more at its heart. Author Durkhanai Ayubi's parents, Zelmai and Farida Ayubi, fled Afghanistan with their young children in 1985, at the height of the Cold War. When their family-run restaurant Parwana opened its doors in Adelaide in 2009, their vision was to share with the world their family memories through the delights of Afghan cuisine, infused with Afghanistan's rich historical culture and traditions of generosity and hospitality, to offer a more complete picture of the country they had left behind.. About the Author:. Durkhanai Ayubi (born 1985) is an Afghan food expert, restaurateur, and prize-winning cookbook author based in Adelaide, Australia. She is best known for her cookbook and culinary memoir, Parwana, which features traditional Afghan and family recipes, many of which she and her family have cooked in their restaurant of the same name. Throughout the book, Ayubi traces the history of Afghanistan and its diverse society from antiquity to the present.