The Kitchen Without Borders: Recipes and Stories from Refugee and Immigrant Chefs

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Founded in November 2015 by a brother and sister who came to New York from the Middle East, Eat Offbeat is a unique catering company staffed by refugee and immigrant chefs who have found a new home, and new hope, for their lives. Now, in 70 authentic, nourishing recipes, with roots and soul that run as deep as their flavours, The Kitchen Without Borders brings the culinary traditions of fourteen chefs from around the world including Syria, Iran, Eritrea, and Venezuela, right to our tables.

Discover delicious, unexpected flavour combinations, and ingredients like sumac, pomegranate molasses, tahini that will enhance the repertoire of any home cook or adventurous eater. Here is Iraqi Biryani, a rice dish combining vegetables and plump dried fruits with warming spices. Or an irresistibly cooling yogurt and fresh mint drink native to Afghanistan, known as doogh. Gorgeously smooth Syrian hummus, the original inspiration for Eat Offbeat. And Chari Bari, hand-formed meatballs simmered in a Nepali-spiced tomato and cashew sauce.

More than a celebration of delicious foods from around the world, this recipe collection with its intimate chef profiles and photographic portraits allows people who have been displaced to share their cherished cuisines, in their own words. And it makes a thoughtful, inspiring gift for any home cook, for anyone concerned about or affected by the world's refugee crisis, or for anyone who understands the profound link between food, home, and keeping traditions vibrantly alive.

From March 1, 2021, to March 30, 2022, (including any preordered copies that ship during this period), Workman Publishing will donate 2% of the cover price for every copy of The Kitchen Without Borders cookbook sold in the United States and its territories, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and European Union member states, to the IRC, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing humanitarian aid, relief and resettlement to refugees and other victims of oppression or violent conflict, with a minimum contribution of $25,000 USD.

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New horizons open in 'The Kitchen Without Borders,'... Its home-cooking at its best." The New York Times

[A] delightful collection of 70 flavor-packed recipes informative and engaging, this volume is sure to inspire home cooks. Publishers Weekly

"With such rich variety, this collection of recipes is sure to provide both familiar and novel delights to any reader." Booklist

"Family recipes are more than just foodeach of the dishes collected inThe Kitchen without Borders: Recipes and Stories from Refugee and Immigrant Chefscomes from someone's beautiful memory of home. With bold flavorsfrom Syrian pomegranate molasses to spice blends like Venezuelan achiote to insanely spicy Scotch bonnet peppersthis is food for both the body and soul." Newsweek

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Eat Offbeat is a catering company in New York that features new, off-the-beaten-path cuisines and creates quality jobs for refugee and minority immigrant home cooks. Eat Offbeat, which was founded by Manal Kahi and Wissam Kahi in November 2015, has been featured in major media outlets in the US and abroad, including The Guardian, Fast Company, Forbes, Newsweek, the Huffington Post, and CBS News.