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How to Cook a Book

How to Cook a Book

When food is a weapon of war

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Jul 28, 2025
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I’m sitting at my desk looking at Sami Tamimi’s beautiful Boustany, his first solo cookbook, and thinking about what on earth I’m going to ask him when we chat tomorrow for Cooking the Books.

It’s not like we’ll be short of things to talk about. When we met most recently at the Ebury showcase a few months ago, the look in his eyes said everything I need…

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