Sirocco

From the golden girl of Middle Eastern cookery, SIROCCO will bring tastes of the East to Western-style dishes in a collection of 100 delicious and accessible recipes. With an emphasis on simple ingredients and strong flavours, Ghayour will bring her modern inspirational touch to a variety of dishes ranging from classics and comfort food to spectacular salads and sweet treats.

The No. 1 bestseller Sunday Times bestseller

Shortlisted for the Book of the Year - Food and Travel Reader Awards

Praise for PERSIANA:

'Loving PERSIANA' - Nigella Lawson

'An instant classic' - Observer Food Monthly

'The most exciting debut cookbook of the year' - Sunday Telegraph Stella

'A fantastic treasure trove of good food' - Raymond Blanc

'Sumptuous, thrilling, learned and downright brilliant' - Mail on Sunday

'The most appetizing book - I want to eat every page of it' - Pierre Koffmann

'Sabrina cooks the kind of food I love to eat' - Bruno Loubet

'Brilliant for the novice, the timepoor and even the seasoned cook' - Guardian

'Will have you salivating with Pavlovian gusto on page after page' - Independent

'This book will delight fans of Ottolenghi-style food' - Waitrose Kitchen

'Easy to decipher, packed with lots of flavour and... surprisingly easy to pull off' - Huffington Post

'A gorgeously produced ode to richly spiced, exotic food from the Middle East and beyond' - A Little Bird

'The latest doyenne of Persian food' - Metro

“Sabrina Ghayour is a phenomenal Persian chef. - Gizzi ErskineSabrina cooks the kind of food I love to eat: lots of flavours distilled out of love and generosity. In this book Sabrina demystifies the use of spices. The Eastern promise is definitely delivered in her book and it will have a place on the shelves of my kitchen. - Bruno Loubet.A lovingly-written homage to the enchanting dishes of the Middle East. Sabrina Ghayour takes the reader on her magic carpet to the ancient and beautiful lands of rose-scented sherbets...and to a table of abundant feasts, and of honeyed and spiced delights. What a fantastic treasure trove of good food! Within these pages, the cook will find recipes for tagines, soups, stews, salads and plenty of sweet treats. Through the pages of Persiana , Sabrina delivers the Eastern promise in its delicious, gastronomic form. If you want to eat like an Arabian Knight, then start here...but be sure to stock up on cinnamon, cumin and coriander... - Raymond Blanc”

Sabrina Ghayour is a phenomenal Persian chef. - Gizzi Erskine

Sabrina cooks the kind of food I love to eat: lots of flavours distilled out of love and generosity. In this book Sabrina demystifies the use of spices. The Eastern promise is definitely delivered in her book and it will have a place on the shelves of my kitchen. - Bruno Loubet.

A lovingly-written homage to the enchanting dishes of the Middle East. Sabrina Ghayour takes the reader on her magic carpet to the ancient and beautiful lands of rose-scented sherbets...and to a table of abundant feasts, and of honeyed and spiced delights. What a fantastic treasure trove of good food! Within these pages, the cook will find recipes for tagines, soups, stews, salads and plenty of sweet treats. Through the pages of Persiana, Sabrina delivers the Eastern promise in its delicious, gastronomic form. If you want to eat like an Arabian Knight, then start here...but be sure to stock up on cinnamon, cumin and coriander... - Raymond Blanc

A chef, food writer and cookery teacher, Sabrina Ghayour is one of the strongest voices in Middle Eastern food today. Past collaborations include the 'Passage to Persia' pop-up with Anna Hansen at The Modern Pantry with guest chefs Ben Spalding, Omar Allibhoy, Alexis Gauthier and Tim Anderson, Oliver Peyton's 'Friday Night Socials' at The National Gallery and a pop-up at Grain Store with chef Bruno Loubet.

With regular appearances at the BBC Good Food Show, Taste London and more, her work has featured in The Times, The Sunday Times, the Evening Standard, the Guardian, The Independent, The Telegraph, delicious. magazine, Waitrose Food magazine, Sainsbury's Magazine and BBC Good Food magazine. She has also appeared on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen, BBC2's Great British Menu and Channel 4's Sunday Brunch.

Sabrina's debut first cookbook, Persiana, was awarded 'Best New Cookbook' at the Observer Food Monthly awards 2014 and 'Book of the Year' at the 2015 Food & Travel Awards. Her follow up, Sirocco, debuted at no. 1 and was a Sunday Times bestseller.

Connect with Sabrina at

Twitter @SabrinaGhayour

Instagram @SabrinaGhayour

From the golden girl of Middle Eastern cookery, SIROCCO will bring tastes of the East to Western-style dishes in a collection of 100 delicious and accessible recipes. With an emphasis on simple ingredients and strong flavours, Ghayour will bring her modern inspirational touch to a variety of dishes ranging from classics and comfort food to spectacular salads and sweet treats. The No. 1 bestseller Sunday Times bestseller Shortlisted for the Book of the Year - Food and Travel Reader Awards Praise for PERSIANA : 'Loving PERSIANA ' - Nigella Lawson'An instant classic' - Observer Food Monthly 'The most exciting debut cookbook of the year' - Sunday Telegraph Stella 'A fantastic treasure trove of good food' - Raymond Blanc'Sumptuous, thrilling, learned and downright brilliant' - Mail on Sunday 'The most appetizing book - I want to eat every page of it' - Pierre Koffmann'Sabrina cooks the kind of food I love to eat' - Bruno Loubet'Brilliant for the novice, the timepoor and even the seasoned cook' - Guardian 'Will have you salivating with Pavlovian gusto on page after page' - Independent 'This book will delight fans of Ottolenghi-style food' - Waitrose Kitchen 'Easy to decipher, packed with lots of flavour and... surprisingly easy to pull off' - Huffington Post 'A gorgeously produced ode to richly spiced, exotic food from the Middle East and beyond' - A Little Bird 'The latest doyenne of Persian food' - Metro

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