Our cookbook of the week is Boustany by Sami Tamimi.

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Jump to the recipes: smoky chickpeas with cilantro tahini , eggplant and fava beans with eggs, and couscous fritters with preserved lemon yogurt.

Jerusalem , the 2012 cookbook Palestinian-British chef, food writer and restaurateur Sami Tamimi co-wrote with fellow Jerusalemite, Israeli-British chef Yotam Ottolenghi , changed the way Westerners cook. It inspired cookbook clubs, buying herbs by the armload, stocking spice drawers with sumac and pantries with preserved lemons and pomegranate molasses. Tamimi co-founded the Ottolenghi deli and restaurant group in 2002 with Ottolenghi and Noam Bar. During the pandemic, after nearly two decades managing kitchens, Tamimi stepped away from day-to-day operatio

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