- Taschenbuch: 160 Seiten
- Verlag: Washington Square Press; Auflage: Reprint (20. April 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0743475615
- ISBN-13: 978-0743475617
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,8 x 13,5 x 1,1 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.249.220 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The subtitle of the elegant Apricots on the Nile says it all: A Memoir with Recipes. Similar to other books with mouth-watering recipes embedded in the text, such Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate, this is a feast for the senses, a memoir pervaded with just the right amount of melancholy, like a finely judged pinch of salt, to bring out the flavour. Colette Rossant had the kind of enchanted childhood that most of us like to think we had, but didn't. In her case, this involved arriving, straight from Paris, in the greatest city in Africa, Cairo, at the tender and hugely impressionable age of five. Here she was to live with her Egyptian-Jewish father and her beautiful French mother. When her father died, she was then passed around amongst a veritable tribe of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. This certainly suggests that her mother was stronger in hedonistic than maternal instincts--but all the same, it made for a magical and various childhood, with no two days the same. She remembers the jasmine vines growing over the garden wall, the purple and red bougainvillea in their clay pots, and the "stately mango tree". She remembers going with her grandfather to the Khan-al-Khalili market, and the names of the streets: "Gold Street, Copper Street, Silk and Cotton Streets, Carpet Street ... And most of all, of course, she remembers the food. Rossant has written no less than eight cook-books before, and this one is, among other things, her ninth. The recipes alone are enough to get the juices flowing: Fried Fish with Ground Almond-Anchovy Sauce; Soeur Leila's Red Lentil Stew; and the ones whose names you don't even understand: Babaghanou, Mulukhiyya and the intriguing Ful Medames. This is a book to savour slowly and enjoy to the full. --Christopher Hart
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The New York Times Her memories are vividly rendered, infused with piquant tastes and smells....Nostalgia for the Egypt of Rossant's childhood pervades this charming book.
Chicago Tribune [Y]ou'll find vicarious pleasure in reading about this gourmet's life.
Daily News (New York) [E]ngrossing not just for its lovely style of writing but because Rossant's life has been so unusual and interesting. And getting the recipes for some of the dishes she reminisces about is an added bonus!
Alice Waters This is the kind of writing about food that stimulates your senses and connects you to the important traditions of the table....I am enchanted by this memoir.
Chicago Tribune [Y]ou'll find vicarious pleasure in reading about this gourmet's life.
Daily News (New York) [E]ngrossing not just for its lovely style of writing but because Rossant's life has been so unusual and interesting. And getting the recipes for some of the dishes she reminisces about is an added bonus!
Alice Waters This is the kind of writing about food that stimulates your senses and connects you to the important traditions of the table....I am enchanted by this memoir.
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very engaging
2. Februar 2006
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I really enjoyed reading this book - even though I will probably never try the recipes. I read the whole book through in one sitting (although, to be truthful, it's a small book.) Besides being an interesting memoir of the author's childhood in Egypt during WWII, in a wealthy Jewish family, it's also an honest account of her alienation from her mother, which really spoke to me. The author is a good writer, which makes the book easy and rewarding to read.
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9. März 2007
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This was one of my favorite all-time books. I purchased one as a gift for my sister also. I love to read about other cultures, and this was an enjoyable read.
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Apricots on the Nile
17. Mai 2009
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Not as good a story as some other cooking memoirs I've read, kind of sad. Fair recipes
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