{"id":4307,"date":"2013-10-31T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T10:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp\/?p=4307"},"modified":"2018-03-21T20:34:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T20:34:11","slug":"snackistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing22.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/snackistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Snackistan by Sally Butcher – review"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am convinced that Sally Butcher could write a book about paint drying and it would be a worthwhile read. Her books, and this is the third, are Sally in paper form. Her energy, culinary knowledge and laugh-out-loud humour will make this another best-seller.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"cookbook Sally is known as an accomplished author but she is just as famed as Mrs. Shopkeeper, and the shop in question is Persepolis. This does give the lady something of an advantage in the Middle-Eastern cooking stakes as she has access to some amazing ingredients just outside the door of her flat. An Iranian husband, and a mum-in-law with a wealth of recipes, also assure authenticity.<\/p>\n

Snackistan \u2013 Street fare, comfort food, meze: Informal eating in the Middle East and beyond, to give the full title, is a big delicious mouthful. It\u2019s divided by food group but so many of the dishes are mix-and-matchable and interchangeable to create either full meals or grazing opportunities. It\u2019s a creditable collection of recipes from vaguely the middle of the East, and are real dishes that family cooks have cooked for eons.<\/p>\n

This book has Sally\u2019s voice throughout. She is almost as funny and engaging in print as in real life. One knows these recipes work \u2019cos a nice lady like that wouldn\u2019t steer you wrong. One has the sense that all will be well, and even if one\u2019s culinary inexperience results in an iffy end product one knows that Sally will be whispering \u2018It\u2019s only food and you will do fine next time.\u2019<\/p>\n

If one wants a picture of who these Snackistan citizens are, then they will be a jolly bunch with rosy cheeks, a love of good company and kebabs, and Sally would have been derelict in her duty as culinary guide not to introduce them to us hungry tourists. Baluchi Chapli Kebabs is a classic and easy-to-prepare dish that will become a favourite with the whole family, who will love anything flavourful, fried and in bread. What\u2019s not to like? My pick-of-kebabs is an Afghan Shami Kabob to which this writer will soon be addicted.<\/p>\n

There are so many recipes here that in other tomes would be considered signature dishes. Snackistan \u2013 Street fare, comfort food, meze has a tongue-in-cheek style but that\u2019s only to keep the reader grounded. We have here an accomplished cook and a remarkable writer who pens books that are always a pleasure both to read and from which to cook.<\/p>\n

Snackistan \u2013 Street fare, comfort food, meze
\nAuthor: Sally Butcher
\nPublished by: Pavilion Books
\nPrice: \u00a320.00
\nISBN-10: 1909108308
\nISBN-13: 978-1909108301<\/p>\n

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See more books by Sally Butcher here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Cookbook review by Chrissie Walker \u00a9 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

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