Cooking in Iran: Regional Recipes and Kitchen Secrets (2nd ed.)

Najmieh Batmanglij was exiled from Iran 40 years ago. She was living in France where she did not speak the language or have proper documents—and above all, she was pregnant. Out of a nostalgia and yearning to connect with her roots, she wrote her first cookbook,  Food of Life , as a kind of love letter to her children. She wanted to share with them all the good things she had experienced growing up in a traditional family in Iran.   Over the years,  Food of Life &nb