Barbara Abdeni Massaad is a food writer, TV host, cookbook author, and a regular contributor to international cooking magazines. She is the author of the internationally-acclaimed Soup for Syria: Recipes to Celebrate Our Shared Humanity and won the the Gourmand Cookbook Award and the International Academy of Gastronomy Award for Mouneh: Preserving Foods for the Lebanese Pantry. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, she moved to Florida at a young age. She gained her real culinary experience while helping her father in their family-owned Lebanese restaurant Kebabs and Things. After moving back to Lebanon in 1988, and completing university there, she decided to pursue her passion for cooking. Determined to gain proper experience within the culinary world, Barbara trained with several renowned chefs at Lebanese, Italian, and French restaurants. She is also a founding member of Slow Food Beirut and an active participant in the International Slow Food movement. She lives in Beirut with her husband and three children. Barbara Abdeni Massaad is a food writer, TV host, cookbook author, and a regular contributor to international cooking magazines. She is the author of the internationally-acclaimed Soup for Syria: Recipes to Celebrate Our Shared Humanity and won the the Gourmand Cookbook Award and the International Academy of Gastronomy Award for Mouneh: Preserving Foods for the Lebanese Pantry. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, she moved to Florida at a young age. She gained her real culinary experience while helping her father in their family-owned Lebanese restaurant Kebabs and Things. After moving back to Lebanon in 1988, and completing university there, she decided to pursue her passion for cooking. Determined to gain proper experience within the culinary world, Barbara trained with several renowned chefs at Lebanese, Italian, and French restaurants. She is also a founding member of Slow Food Beirut and an active participant in the International Slow Food movement. She lives in Beirut with her husband and three children.
"One of the best non-fiction books for 2016."
Soup for Syria may be the most compelling cookbook ever created.
Through her photographs and collected recipes, Barbara Massaad
directly connects us with a people in dire need of our help. Just
holding this book is nourishment for the soul.--Jim Clancy, former
CNN Correspondent and Anchor, awarded A.H. Boerma medal for
coverage of food and hunger issues by F.A.O. (U.N. Food and
Agriculture Organization)
Soup is elemental, and it always makes sense, even when the world
around us fails to.--Anthony Bourdain
Soup is the ultimate comfort food: nurturing, sustaining and all
good things. One recipe is a drop in the ocean but, if awareness of
the plight of the Syrian refugees is raised with each batch made
and shared then that is a force for good. As well as being a
delicious meal in and of itself.--Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami
Tamimi
There is hope that this marvelous collection of soup recipes from
chefs all over the world will remind us of those in Syria who have
lost their homes and so much more. Let us all make soup to create
some relief and provide more outreach to those that are in
need.--Ana Sortun
When I visited the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, I said to them: 'Had
I been a barber, I would have cut your hair for free. Because I am
a cookbook writer and photographer, I am doing what I can do to
help through my work.'--Barbara Abdeni Massaad
Whether we are in times of crisis or times of peace, gathering
family and friends together around the table and sharing food is
one of the most powerful and life-affirming acts we can do. And
there is nothing more comforting and nourishing than a bowl of warm
soup.--Alice Waters
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