COOKING & FOOD

Bismillah, Let’s Eat!: Fresh and Vibrant Recipes from my Family to Yours

by Zehra Allibhai
Hachette Go. Oct. 2024. 288p. ISBN 9780306831119. $35. COOKING
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Allibhai, a Canada-based fitness influencer known for her website the FitNest, makes her cookbook debut. She begins by providing a helpful list of tools and ingredients for stocking the pantry and having on hand for the book’s recipes. While the majority of them draw on the author’s Indian and Kenyan background, there are also plenty of fusion recipes that mix cuisine styles, such as grilled-cheese stuffed naan and butter-chicken pizza. There are also recipes that can be prepared with vegetarian variations. The book includes a great section at the end discussing Ramadan, what recipes might be most appropriate to help people through their fasting time, and how to break the fast. She also suggests celebratory recipes for Eid.
VERDICT Librarians looking to add variety to their cookbook collections and readers who want to experiment with fusion recipes will find this a useful addition.
Reviewed by Carrie Byrd , Aug 01, 2024
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