Some date back to the 1990s.
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Like being transported straight to a tapas bar in Spain... Time Out
25+ multicultural chapter books for kids in upper elementary and middle school, to highlight the perspectives from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Guest post by book addict, literary consultant and blogger Sumaiyya Naseem! Sumaiyya is a bookworm and reading enthusiast from Jeddah and I've been following her awesome Sumaiyya books Instagram account for ages. I'm always in awe (and admittedly a bit jealous too) of how she has the time to…
Here are some of the best of Middle Eastern authors in time for your new reading list!
This month, Food of the World is in Middle Eastern country of Israel. I made a very quick and easy halvah with tahini. I had some leftover store bought tahini from this hummus preparation and
'Meticulously collected, compellingly assembled, lovingly told ... informative, delectable and incredibly useful' Yotam Ottolenghi Claudia Roden's A Book of Middle Eastern Food is your ultimate cookbook and guide to the rich and exotic recipes of the Middle East . . . As heard on BBC Radio 4's new 5-part series. First published in 1968, Claudia Roden's bestselling classic Book of Middle Eastern Food revolutionized Western attitudes to the cuisines of The Middle East. Containing over 500 modern and accessible recipes that are brought to life with enchanting stories, memories and culinary wisdom, this book takes readers on a cook's tour of countries including Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Morocco. Inside there's a delicious array of dishes to try: Hot Stuffed Vine Leaves, Sweet and Sour Aubergine Salad, Courgette Meatballs, Persian Lamb, Moroccan Tagine with Fruit and Honey, Hummus, Tabbouleh, Turkish Delight and Coconut Orange Blossom and Lemon Cake. Now in this beautiful new edition, Roden's timeless work will continue to inform and inspire as the next generation of cooks discovers its riches. 'Roden's great gift is to conjure up not just a cuisine but the culture from which it springs' Nigella Lawson
She believes one of the greatest assets of Middle Eastern cuisine is its inherent fluidity, its remarkable capacity to adapt and transform over time. In Levant, she offers more than 100 recipes that represent a new modern style. These are the very best of the dishes she has developed over the last twenty years in her New York City restaurant for the contemporary palate. Relying on a traditional pantry (including olive oil, tahini, za'atar, sumac), she updates classic flavour profiles to dazzling effect. The Mediterranean diet has always been a healthy one, with so many of what we now call `superfoods' at its base. But here Rawia takes it a step further by focusing on dishes that are naturally vegetarian or vegan and gluten-free, as well as meat dishes where vegetables take the leading role. These recipes represent the way more and more people eat and cook today. Among them are Cauliflower `Steak' with Pomegranate Molasses, Roasted Beetroot Hummus, Jerusalem Artichoke and Beef Stew, Peppers with Walnut Stuffing and Freekeh and Butternut Squash Salad. Levant explores the sensational cross-cultural possibilities of culinary exchange; it sets the path for the future of Middle Eastern cooking.
One of my goals this year was to read a book per month and it’s not going well so far. I am still stuck with number two, a great book, but my pregnancy brain lack concentration skills. Thus far I only managed to read a few pages per day even though I really like the...Read More »
25+ multicultural chapter books for kids in upper elementary and middle school, to highlight the perspectives from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Our favourite Turkey books, either by Turkish authors or set in Turkey. Inspire your wanderlust before you travel to this amazing country.
This download contains EPIC Exploring Countries Quilt #3. This Exploring Countries Quilt has been created to have students read and learn about 8 different Asian countries (Japan, China, Thailand, The Philippines, Pakistan, Australia, Cambodia, and South Korea) and 1 Middle Eastern country (Egypt) that can found at EPIC! Books. Digital copies of the books for this quilt can be read for FREE at https://www.getepic.com / or you can download the EPIC! App for your mobile devices. The Exploring Countries series is leveled between AR 4.4 – 5.1, age level 8-10/11, and all of the books also have the Read To Me feature making them accessible for all of your students. This website is a lifesaver for distance learning. It is easy to join and allows you to share specific book collections with your students if you choose. For example, when your students complete this Exploring Countries Quilt, you can choose to have them search the books by the title or, you can create an ‘Exploring Countries collection’ containing all of the books at the EPIC! site that you want the students to access for this project. Then you simply assign the collection to the students using their mailboxes, so that they do not have to search for the books themselves. Students then read the books, and complete the activity page accompanying that country. The activity pages are clear, easy to use, and require no preparation on your part. Presenting the material in the quilt format gives you lots of options for use. Students are asked to colour each square of the quilt after reading and completing the activity that goes with the book. You can choose to have your students complete all 9 pieces of the quilt or have them complete a select number of titles (titles of your choice or theirs). You can have them complete a specific pattern just like in Bingo, by completing a vertical line, a horizontal line, a diagonal line, an ‘L’ shape, a backwards ‘L’ shape, a ‘T’ shape, a forwards ‘C’ shape, a backwards ‘C’ etc. The Exploring Countries Quilt can be used as a center activity, an extension/enrichment activity, a fast-finisher activity, a take home activity, a distance learning activity, or as an independent, whole class, or small group project. If you have not tried EPIC! with your students, I am sure they will love the site. It has lots of books available for them to read and/or have read to them. There are picture books, graphic novels, novels, series etc. to engage your students and offer them interesting materials to read. I have included the link below so that you can explore the site, if you are interested. Happy Reading! https://www.getepic.com/ **If you are looking for more EPIC! Books materials, check out the following: -EPIC! BOOKS Biography Quilt 1 -EPIC! BOOKS Biography Quilt 2 -EPIC BOOKS Animal Match-Up Quilt -EPIC BOOKS Exploring Countries Quilt #1 EPIC BOOKS Exploring Countries Quilt #2
This authentic Moroccan cucumber salad is bright, refreshing, and comes together in just 15 minutes. Made with Persian (or Armenian) cucumbers, mint, and a simple vinaigrette, it's the perfect vegan and gluten free salad to serve as a side dish or snack.
This Middle Eastern Cinderella story is part of our Cinderella Around the World series. We love that the fish helps Maha, and the hilarious, clever ending!
Talking with students about refugees around the world.
So I had a bit of a false start on my return to my blog. Seizures do that. If you have MS or know someone well with the disease then you know plans are often impossible to make and promises impossible to keep. But I am back and sorry I wasn't able to write for a few days. And now I'm able to begin updating you on what we have planned for the 2017-2018 school year. For Bess we have a wonderful year of history ahead, and both she and I are incredibly excited. BookShark Level 5 History This year is entirely about the Eastern Hemisphere. As you can see from the picture, I've removed the worksheet pages Bess will be writing on and I've put them in their own binder. The program comes with about 40 books including one on origami with origami paper which will be used after she reads Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes. This core comes with a beautiful calligraphy kit which includes ink and paper for the student to try their hand at writing Chinese words. Calligraphy Kit Instructions can be found on BookShark's website. As usual, a book of poetry is included. This year it is All the Small Poems by Valerie Worth. I have BookShark to thank for inspiring my children's love of poetry. Ever since the younger levels, Bess has often been choosing our poetry books for her night time reading. Henry Read Inc. and A Horse and His Boy are also added, probably to give a small break from the Eastern Hemisphere intensive core. I love BookShark! I wish I'd had this program for my older boys. It would have saved me so much time and effort instead of having to single handedly organize a literature rich program for them. I managed to do it somehow. They read some great books, but I love that I can place the research in the hands of BookShark now. Of course this isn't all we have planned for the year. Bess and Max will be sharing BookShark Science Level 4 and some other things which I will include in future posts. I really hope we can manage to purchase BookShark's Pre-K program for Rose. She is definitely ready for it, but we made a large investment this year for the microscope BookShark sells. And with a move coming up before Christmas, I'm trying to watch how much more we spend. We will be starting our school year in August and I'll review the books we are reading and post about our science experiments. I'm not going to foolishly say when. MS is in the driver's seat for now. But I'll give it my best effort to let you know how our year is going. Thank you for reading. I feel incredibly fortunate to be writing again. Until Next Time!
I think that it would be safe to say that for most nerdy youth services librarians, the announcement of 2015's CSLP theme sent shivers down our spines: Every Hero Has a Story.™ I also think that it'd be safe to say that it was a bit of a letdown when the official artwork arrived. Ummmm...I
Written nearly a thousand years ago, the Kitab al-tabikh (book of cookery) written by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, is the most comprehensive work of its kind. It includes more than 600 recipes for culinary and medicinal dishes, including a well-known ancient Middle Eastern hangover cure, ingredients for enhancing sexual performance, and dishes for curing a range of health problems.
Swap your traditional roast lamb for Rick Stein's Greek slow-cooked lamb kleftiko. Roasted for over 2 hours with garlic, tomatoes, peppers and potatoes, the lamb is succulent and falls from the bone. Enjoy leftovers the next day in warm flatbread.
