Najmieh Batmanglij
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Najmieh Batmanglij is an Iranian-American
chef and food writer.
Hailed as “the guru of Persian cuisine” by The Washington Post, Najmieh Batmanglij has spent the past 30 years cooking, traveling, and adapting authentic Persian recipes to tastes and techniques in the West. Her book Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey was selected as “One of the 10 best vegetarian cookbooks of the year” by The New York Times; and her From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table won the Gourmand Cookbook Award for the world’s best wine history book of 2007. She is a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier and lives in Washington, DC, where she teaches Persian and Silk Road cooking, and consults with restaurants around the world. Her most recent book is Happy Nowruz: Cooking with Children to Celebrate the Persian New Year.
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Her sons are Rostam Batmanglij
of the band Vampire Weekend
, and Zal Batmanglij, director of the 2011 Sundance
selected film Sound of My Voice.
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chef and food writer.
Hailed as “the guru of Persian cuisine” by The Washington Post, Najmieh Batmanglij has spent the past 30 years cooking, traveling, and adapting authentic Persian recipes to tastes and techniques in the West. Her book Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey was selected as “One of the 10 best vegetarian cookbooks of the year” by The New York Times; and her From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table won the Gourmand Cookbook Award for the world’s best wine history book of 2007. She is a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier and lives in Washington, DC, where she teaches Persian and Silk Road cooking, and consults with restaurants around the world. Her most recent book is Happy Nowruz: Cooking with Children to Celebrate the Persian New Year.
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Her sons are Rostam Batmanglij
Rostam Batmanglij
Rostam Batmanglij is a producer and multi-instrumentalist of New York-based indie rock band Vampire Weekend and co-founder of electro-soul group Discovery.-Background:...
of the band Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend is an American indie rock band from New York City that formed in 2006 and signed to XL Recordings. The Band has four members: Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson, and Chris Baio. The band released its first album Vampire Weekend in 2008, which produced the singles "Mansard...
, and Zal Batmanglij, director of the 2011 Sundance
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
selected film Sound of My Voice.
Cookbooks by Najmieh Batmanglij
- Ma Cuisine d'Iran (Grancher, Paris, 1984)
- Food of Life (2010) http://www.mage.com/cooking/food-of-life.html and New Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies (Mage, 1986 and 1992-2009)
- Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen (Mage, 1994, 2006)
- A Taste of Persia: An Introduction to Persian Cooking (Mage 1999-2006, I.B. Tauris, London 1999-2007)
- Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey (Mage, 2002, 2004).
- From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table (Mage, 2006)
- Happy Nowruz: Cooking with Children to Celebrate the Persian New Year (Mage, 2008)