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Arab Cooking on a Prairie Homestead: Recipes and Recollections from a Syrian Pioneer

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Arab Cooking on a Prairie Homestead: Recipes and Recollections from a Syrian Pioneer - Salloum, Habeeb
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In the 1920s, Habeeb Salloum's parents left behind the orchards and vineyards of French-occupied Syria to seek a new life on the windswept, drought-stricken Canadian prairies. With recollections that show the grit and improvisation of early Syrian pioneers, Arab Cooking on a Prairie Homestead demonstrates Salloum's love of traditional Arab cuisine. By growing "exotic" crops brought from their country of origin--such as lentils, chickpeas, and bulgur--the Salloums survived the Dust Bowl conditions of the 1930s, and helped ...

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Arab Cooking on a Prairie Homestead: Recipes and Recollections from a Syrian Pioneer 2017, University of Regina Press, Regina

ISBN-13: 9780889775183

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