Arab Cooking on a Prairie Homestead

In the 1920s, Habeeb Salloum's parents left behind the orchards and vineyards of French-occupied Syria to seek a new life on the windswept, drought-stricken Canadian prairies. With recollections that show the grit and improvisation of early Syrian pioneers, Arab Cooking on a Prairie Homestead demonstrates Salloum's love of traditional Arab cuisine. By growing "exotic" crops brought from their country of origin--such as lentils, chickpeas, and bulgur--the Salloums survived the Dust Bowl conditions of the 1930s, and helped change the landscape of Canadian farming. Over 200 recipes--from dumplings and lentil pies to zucchini mint soup--in this updated classic will provide today's foodies and urban farmers with dishes that are not only delicious, but also climate-friendly and gentle on your wallet!

“"With recollections that show the grit and improvisation of early Syrian pioneers, Habeeb Salloum draws upon his own life experiences and family traditions in Arab Cooking on a Prairie Homestead: Recipes and Recollections from a Syrian Pioneer to demonstrate his love of traditional Arab cuisine." -- Midwest Book Review”

"The stylish new edition...touches on everything from the Syrian civil war to the meals that nourished Salloum's family through the Depression years"-- "The Globe and Mail"
"With recollections that show the grit and improvisation of early Syrian pioneers, Habeeb Salloum draws upon his own life experiences and family traditions in Arab Cooking on a Prairie Homestead: Recipes and Recollections from a Syrian Pioneer to demonstrate his love of traditional Arab cuisine."-- "Midwest Book Review"

Habeeb Salloum is a Canadian author who grew up in Saskatchewan, joined the RCAF during the Second World War, and then worked for the Canadian Department of National Revenue for 36 years. For the last 25 years he has been a full-time freelance writer and author, specializing in food, history, and travel. Besides 5 books and 19 chapters in books, he has had hundreds of articles about food, travel, history, and homesteading in western Canada appear in such publications as the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, the Western Producer, Contemporary Review, Vegetarian Journal, Saveur, the Sydney Morning Herald, and the Christian Science Monitor. Among his most notable works are the books Journeys Back to Arab Spain, From the Lands of Figs and Olives, Arabic Contributions to the English Vocabulary, Classic Vegetarian Cooking from the Middle East and North Africa, and Arab Cooking on a Saskatchewan Homestead: Recipes and Recollections, winner of the Cuisine Canada and The University of Guelph's Silver Canadian Culinary Book Awards in 2006, as well as the chapter on the history of the Syrians in Canada in the Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples.

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