Persian Is The New Italian?
Online, March 9, 2011 (Newswire.com) - The Palatable Plate offers a delightful culmination of food, photography and sculpture. Pari Danian, sculptor, photographer, and author, blends the Persian culinary secrets handed down from her mother and her love for healthy food with these talents in her new book, available at barnesandnoble.com, everydaypari.com and Amazon.com.
It also helps introduce readers to the Persian culture, an ever-expanding part of the U.S. population. This is especially meaningful with the upcoming 13-day celebration of the Persian New Year-Nowruz (NO-ROOZ)-beginning on March 20. Nowruz celebrates the start of spring. The third largest Persian population resides in Texas, with North Texas being the second largest group in the state.
Art and food are two important components of the Persian culture. This beautiful hardcover book invites you to taste flavorful Persian dishes that are easy, low cost and healthy. Pari created and photographed each recipe in the 176-page book comprised of a unique, delicious fusion of traditional Persian cuisine and modern style. Her easy-to-follow instructions, fresh ingredients, and artistic presentations are truly inspiring - making it easy for anyone to cook and eat like an artist! The book also includes culinary advice and spice properties. It transports cooks on a journey to delectable richness of Persian cooking and culture. Through two mediums everyone relates to: art and food.
Even novice cooks will master these artistic dishes and wow their dinner guests. Dishes made with life-affirming spices that numerous doctors and dietitians decree as healthy and powerfully beneficial: without overpowering the dish, as Persian cooking is all about delicate flavor.
"The recipes are built around five essential spices, Pari says, "Saffron, Turmeric, Cinnamon, Sumac, Ginger and Angelica Powder. Aside from adding flavor, they have health benefits like supporting stomach and liver functions, inducing happiness and fighting anxiety, supporting the nervous system and memory retention; and relieving digestive issues and joint pain."
Pari's next book signing takes place on Saturday, March 12th at Barnes and Noble Creekwalk Village, 801 West 15th St., Plano, TX.
It's been said: Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like pauper.
The Palatable Plate provides recipes for all three. Pari says, "Eat all three meals like an artist."
Contact:
DA Lewis
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About:
Iranian native Pari Danian was educated in England and the U.S.; and now resides in North Dallas. She has worked in many art forms (i.e. textile, ceramic, sculpture, photography) throughout her career. Pari currently works as a sculptor, photographer, poet, culinary artist and author. Both parents instilled in her a love and appreciation of the arts. The culinary artist learned to masterfully prepare healthy, delectable and beautiful dishes in her mother's kitchen, taking notes not only on using healthful spices to delicately flavor dishes; but also the lore behind the dishes. Her mother often prepared spectacular meals for fifty people with only a few days notice. Pari believes that readers of The Palatable Plate (Cook Like an Artist) will be able to do the same in less time, albeit with a smaller dinner party.