Hot Date!
Sweet & Savory Recipes Celebrating the Date, from Party Food to Everyday Feasts
$39.50
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
11 February 2025
Summary
The first comprehensive cookbook on an ancient superfood and the cultures that revere it. Mesmerizing and art-packed, Hot Date! features 99 mouthwatering, date-centered recipes that are the perfect mix of traditional favorites and inspired new creations.
This is not simply a cookbook about dates. It is a love song, a celebration of food and culture from a global perspective. Every page is a surprise in this highly colorful volume, with recipes ranging from Broo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781797226446 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1797226444 |
| Author: | Rawaan Alkhatib, Linda Xiao |
| Publisher: | Chronicle Books |
| Imprint: | Chronicle Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.07kg |
| Audience Age: | 18-99 |
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Critics Review
“A seriously interesting dive into the date from a seriously interesting author.” – Nigella Lawson
“A single-subject cookbook runs the risk of being gimmicky, constrained in its usefulness or limited in its thrills. But Hot Date! stands out. […] Dates can be so many things. And in Alkhatib’s world, boring is never one.” – Epicurious
“Not to be dramatic, but the Tater Tots Tossed in Hot Date Butter are life-changing. Life. Changing.” – Serious Eats
“A stylish and unexpected entry into the pantheon of great contemporary cookbooks…This extraordinary book expounds on a single ingredient–the titular date–and takes it in startling, awe-inspiring directions, all while keeping recipes relatively simple.” –BookPage, starred review
“The stunning cookbook debut from poet and artist Alkhatib sings the praises of dates… [her] sumptuous paintings, narrative anecdotes, and illustrated poetry make this more than just a cookbook. It’s a powerful ode to a multifaceted fruit.”“–Publishers Weekly, starred review
“The most sumptuous cookbook I’ve ever encountered…Savor this book with your sweetheart, take yourself out on your own date: Hot Date! is a joy.”–The Paris Review
Rawaan Alkhatib
Rawaan Alkhatib is a home cook, writer, and artist of Palestinian and Indian descent who was born and raised in Dubai, UAE, where she experienced first-hand the warmth and generosity of a date-centric culture. Rawaan holds an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has taught poetry and creative writing at the University of Iowa and Kean University. Currently, she works on the content development side of museum exhibit design. She is an illustrator and textile designer with a deep roster of collaborations and independent projects, including children’s books, cover designs for an independent poetry press, exclusive silk scarves for Cole Haan, and much more. In 2020, Rawaan developed recipes and art for a date-themed cookie collaboration with the award-winning Mirzam Chocolate, Dubai’s first bean-to-bar chocolatier. In 2022, she created a date-themed spice blend collection in celebration of Ramadan with Atef Boulaabi of NYC’s legendary spice and rare ingredient purveyor SOS Chefs. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she continues to hone her cooking practice.
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