{"product_id":"silk-roads","title":"Silk Roads - A Flavor Odyssey with Recipes from Baku to Beijing","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Packed with history, humor, and delicious food, this travelogue-memoir-cookbook checks every box. Anna's encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject, combined with compelling personal stories and recipes deeply rooted in a unique culinary culture, add a new voice to an important food story.” \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003ci\u003eAdeena Sussman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A delectable feast for the senses. Anna Ansari traverses the colorful cuisines of the Silk Roads with curiosity, knowledge, and empathy.” \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003ci\u003eNaz Deravian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A superb culinary journey along Silk Roads less travelled.” \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003ci\u003eJay Rayner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the story of the world’s most famous trade routes, retold through recipes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this rich and delicious cookbook, Iranian-American cook and writer Anna Ansari takes us on a culinary, historical, and personal odyssey across the Silk Roads.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together essays, family photography and 90 recipes, Ansari brings life to the flavors of the Silk Roads – from the walnut groves of her father’s Iranian childhood, across Central Asian markets brimming with fragrant melons and thronged with fat-tailed sheep, and into the neighborhoods of modern-day Chinese cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover delectable dishes from Baku to Beijing – Azeri-Iranian stews served with crispy-bottomed rice, dill-infused noodles from Western Uzbekistan, Georgian cornbread, Uyghur lamb chops and all kinds of dumplings, from fat, spiraled oromo to tiny, stuffed dushbara in a delicate saffron broth. Plus, you’ll find refreshing drinks and sharbats, and American-inspired desserts like apple pie with quince, sticky persimmon pudding, and walnut-studded spiced blondies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A book of delicious recipes interwoven with histories, family stories and a good dash of humour is what we all need just now.”\u003c\/b\u003e – \u003ci\u003eOlia Hercules\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948687462688,"sku":"9798217126514","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9798217126514.jpg?v=1763607214","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/silk-roads","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}