Helen Corey

I'm so impressed. I've never seen a cookbook with an imprimatur before (technically, it's a glowing letter of recommendation from the Most Reverend Archbishop Metropolitan urging the use of the book "in all our parishes"). And the eggplant dishes, there are so many eggplant dishes and I want to make all of them. What a great find.

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This is my go to Syrian Cookbook that belonged to my grandmother. I'm Syrian from my grandfather's side and I grew up eating some of the more popular recipes including Kibby, Stuffed Grape Leaves, Syrian Bread, and Baklava. It's organized well and easy to reference.

Even though this is a vintage edition, it contains many recipes with photos and will always remain part of my show more cookbook collection. I've purchased other Syrian cookbooks and they just don't compare to this one. These recipes are the closest and most authentic to the foods that I grew up eating and taste the same.

I haven't made all of the recipes, especially the recipes containing brains. I'm not into eating organ meats at all, but for the basics, this is the one I think is best.

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I'm Lebanese. I like to cook. I like to cook Lebanese food. Or Syrian food. Whatever. I found this book in an antique store in Memphis. I mostly enjoy it for the black and white photos of raw kibby. Helen Corey is a real cutie pie. She had a nice bouffant in the picture on the back of the dust jacket. I covet that bouffant. I would totally hang out with Helen Corey. If she's still alive. If she is, call me Helen.

NECESSARY FILL-IN TO COOKBOOK COLLECTIONS. FOCUSES ON SYRIAN/LEBANESE HOME COOKING.
A VERY PERSONAL BOOK. INCLUDES DIRECTIONS FOR LEBANESE FASTING FOODS.