Description: A House with a Date Palm Will Never Starve by Michael Rakowitz and friends, Michael Rakowitz Prominent Iraqi-American artist-provocateur Rakowitz invites 40 acclaimed chefs and food writers to create mouthwatering savory and sweet dishes using date syrup. Date syrup has been central to Iraqi cooking and home life for centuries. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Prominent Iraqi-American artist-provocateur Michael Rakowitz invites forty acclaimed chefs and food writers to create mouthwatering savoury and sweet dishes using date syrupDate syrup has been central to Iraqi cooking and home life for centuries. In this unique book, a fusion of the worlds of contemporary art and food, an artist and forty celebrated chefs present delicious dishes using this staple of Middle Eastern cuisine. Their collaboration had its roots in early 2018, when Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz unveiled a winged bull sculpture made from thousands of date syrup cans as the latest commission for the Fourth Plinth in Londons Trafalgar Square. As his winged bull sat upon the Fourth Plinth, Rakowitz invited chefs from around the world to create new and classic recipes using date syrup as a way to celebrate this ancient ingredient and symbol of Iraqi culture. Pioneering chefs and food writers including Yotam Ottolenghi, Alice Waters, Claudia Roden, Reem Kassis, Prue Leith, Mourad Mazouz, Jason Hammel, Nuno Mendes, Thomasina Miers, Giorgio Locatelli and Marcus Samuelsson responded to his call by creating dozens of dishes. Their recipes range from the traditional to the innovative in a feast for the taste buds, and include everything from simple brunch dishes, salads and sides to mouth-watering mains, cakes, desserts, drinks and condiments. Easy step-by-step instructions enable the reader to make the recipes at home.Beautiful photographs of the dishes are accompanied by the artists portrait drawings and sketches of the food. Completing the volume is a foreword by awardwinning food writer and chef Claudia Roden and an appreciation of the importance of the date in Iraqi society by Iraqi-American cultural-studies academic Ella Shohat, while Rakowitz writes about the significance of the syrup to his family and in his work. This special book will appeal to anyone who loves the cuisine of the Middle East and the politics of food in that troubled region. Author Biography Michael Rakowitz is an Iraqi American artist, and Professor of Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University. Claudia Roden is an award-winning Egyptian British cookbook writer. Ella Shohat is Professor of Cultural Studies at New York University. Review A beautiful cookbook dedicated to a single ingredient: date syrup. In 2018, Rakowitz reconstructed the Lamassu, a major work of antiquity destroyed by ISIS, in Londons Trafalgar Square. Created from more than 10,000 flattened cans of date syrup, the monumental sculpture pointed to the imperiled state of culture--artistic, culinary, and otherwise--in Rakowitzs ancestral homeland, Iraq. A House with a Date Palm grew out of the Lamassu project, bringing together date syrup recipes from the artists mother, his friends, and a handful of chefs. The book is, as the artist puts it, "a way to taste the sculpture." No sculpture has ever tasted so bittersweet.--Andrea Gyorody "Stained Page News"Michael Rakowitzs cookbook is one of the best resources weve added to our kitchen lately. The perfect inspiration for cooking in the time of quarantine, it contains recipes from 41 popular chefs and food writers including Yotam Ottolenghi, Alice Waters, Claudia Roden, Prue Leith, and Anissa Helou, as well as sketches from the artist himself to illustrate each chapter-- "Hyperallergic"[A House with a Date Palm Will Never Starve] is a cookbook as artwork, a culinary intervention, and history and politics are also among its main ingredients.--Cameron Laux "BBC"Dates have been central to Rakowitzs artistic practice... [and he] hopes that his book will inspire a Western appetite for date syrup and, in so doing, create business for struggling plantations in Iraq.--Figgy Guyver "Frieze"Rakowitzs ability to embody the flavour of a complex cultural heritage, the diaspora and its many intersections is what makes this book a joy to read, whether or not you plan to actually cook anything.--Holly Black "Elephant"Rakowitzs date export project showed how the Iraqi date industry has suffered at the hands of US politics. Moving beyond art and into social activism like much of his work, the recipe book contributes to Rakowitzs interest in creating awareness of this.--Harriet Thorpe "Wallpaper*" Long Description With recipes by 41 popular chefs and food writers such as Alice Waters, Yotam Ottolenghi and Marcus Samuelsson, this cookbook focuses on the many uses of date syrup Date syrup has been central to Iraqi cooking and home life for centuries. In this unique book, a fusion of contemporary art and food, Chicago-based Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz (born 1973) and 41 celebrated chefs present delicious dishes using this staple of Middle Eastern cuisine. In early 2018, Rakowitz unveiled a winged bull sculpture on the Fourth Plinth in Londons Trafalgar Square, a life-size replica of a Mesopotamian lammasu made from thousands of date syrup cans. The artists choice of material was laden with historical significance: for decades, until the industry was decimated by war and disease, dates had been Iraqs second biggest export after oil. As his winged bull sat upon the Fourth Plinth, Rakowitz invited chefs from around the world to create new and classic recipes using date syrup. Chefs and food writers including Yotam Ottolenghi, Alice Waters, Claudia Roden, Reem Kassis, Prue Leith, Jason Hammel, Nuno Mendes, Thomasina Miers, Giorgio Locatelli and Marcus Samuelsson answered Rakowitzs call, creating dozens of sweet and savory dishes with date syrup, now collected in this cookbook. Easy step-by-step instructions and gorgeous photographs enable the reader to make these recipes at home. Ranging from the traditional to the innovative, with everything from simple brunch dishes, salads and sides to mouthwatering mains, cakes, desserts, drinks and condiments represented, the recipes in this volume showcase the richness of a humble ingredient. This special book will appeal to anyone who loves the cuisine of the Middle East and is interested in the politics of food in that troubled region. Chefs include : Sara Ahmad, Sam and Sam Clark (Moro, Morito), Linda Dangoor, Caroline Eden, Cameron Emirali (10 Greek Street), Eleanor Ford, Jason Hammel (Lula Caf Review Quote Rakowitzs date export project showed how the Iraqi date industry has suffered at the hands of US politics. Moving beyond art and into social activism like much of his work, the recipe book contributes to Rakowitzs interest in creating awareness of this. Details ISBN1908970499 Year 2019 ISBN-10 1908970499 ISBN-13 9781908970497 Format Hardcover Publisher Art / Books Imprint Art / Books Subtitle Cooking with Date Syrup: Forty Chefs and an Artist Create New and Classic Dishes with a Traditional Middle Eastern Ingredient Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 224 Publication Date 2019-06-13 Short Title A House with a Date Palm Will Never Starve Language English UK Release Date 2019-06-13 NZ Release Date 2019-06-13 Author Michael Rakowitz DEWEY 641.5956 Audience General AU Release Date 2019-09-15 Illustrations 110 Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:124697712;
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Book Title: A House with a Date Palm Will Never Starve: Cooking with Date Syrup: Forty Chefs and an Artist Create New and Classic Dishes with a Traditional Middle Eastern Ingredient
Item Height: 220mm
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Author: Michael Rakowitz and Friends
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Cooking by Ingredient
Publisher: Art / Books
Publication Year: 2019
Item Weight: 730g
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
