New York Times Cookbook contributor and published author Sarina Roffé is an an expert in Sephardic history, culture, and genealogy. Sarina's interest in Sephardic cooking is the product of the time spent in the kitchen assisting her grandmother and mother. In “Backyard Kitchen: The Main Course,” Sarina shares delectable kosher entrees that warm the heart and fill the stomach.
Sarina grew up in the Syrian Jewish neighborhood of Bensonhurst in Brooklyn, NY. Food is an integral part of her culture, and she learned to cook by assisting her mother and grandmother in the kitchen. Because her grandmother owned a catering business, there were many opportunities to prepare traditional cuisine. “Backyard Kitchen the Main Course” is Sarina's second book, the first of which concentrates on salads to pass along family recipes to future generations. The cookbook begins with some family history and a primer on Mediterranean cuisine and culture. Chapters focus on specific food groups, such as rice and couscous, fish, dairy, chicken, red meat, stuffed vegetables, and sauces. The photography is amazing and the recipes are written clearly such that the most novice cook can easily follow the directions.
The book has received a perfect 5 out of 5 rating on Amazon. Sarina is determined to introduce Mediterranean recipes to people and pass down and preserve the family's recipes through the book. She enriches readers and indulges their tastebuds through these mouth-watering entrées. Taste the flavor of culture, history, and diversity of the Middle East.
Sarina has several books under her belt. She also interacts through different platforms--through blogs, an iPhone app called Sarina's Sephardic Cuisine, and the sarinassephardiccuisine.com website.
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Backyard Kitchen: The Main Course
Author: Sarina Roffe
Publisher: Sephardic Heritage Project
Published Date: February 15, 2020
Book Genre: Cookbook
About the Author:
Sarine's recipes have been included in the New York Times, the New York Times Jewish Cook-book, Joan Nathan's Jewish Cooking in America (Beardsley Award). She wrote “Food and Drink, Modern Period: Syria” Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World (Brill, Leiden, 2014). She publishes an online blog and launched Sarina's Sephardic Cuisine, an iPhone cooking app.
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