Damascus:Taste of a City (Armchair Traveler)
Treasure Description
Author: Marie Fadel
ISBN: 1904950302
Translated by: Debra S Marmor
Publisher: Haus Publishers
Published: 38777
Pages: 309
Seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling and hearing - if you join Rafiq Shami and his sister Marie Fadel on a stroll through their native Damascus, you will discover this Queen of the Orient with all your senses.
Rafiq Shami, award-winning writer and master storyteller, describes the colorful scenes of the old town and relays the stories of its inhabitants overheard in the coffee houses.
Reading his prose one seems to be able to smell the cardamom and the coriander sold in the spice market and hear the cries of street traders.
Inspired by his stories, one can follow his sister Marie Fadel's recipes and recreate the tastes of the Orient.
Seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling and hearing - if you join Rafiq Shami and his sister Marie Fadel on a stroll through their native Damascus, you will discover this Queen of the Orient with all your senses.
Rafiq Shami, award-winning writer and master storyteller, describes the colorful scenes of the old town and relays the stories of its inhabitants overheard in the coffee houses.
Reading his prose one seems to be able to smell the cardamom and the coriander sold in the spice market and hear the cries of street traders.
Inspired by his stories, one can follow his sister Marie Fadel's recipes and recreate the tastes of the Orient.
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