MAYDAN

ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR Bon Appétit Food & Wine Epicurious The debut cookbook from Rose Previte creator of the Michelin starred restaurant Maydn and the beloved Compass Rose explores bold flavors accessible shareable recipes and overlapping foodways spanning from Lebanon to Morocco from Oman to the Republic of Georgia cowritten with New York Times bestselling cookbook author Marah Stets Rose Previte introduces readers to the eclectic cultures of the region spanning North Africa the Caucuses and the Middle East through food offering a nuanced informed and yet entirely warm and personal way in Before opening her beloved Washington DC restaurants Maydn and Compass Rose Previte traveled old spice trade routes to learn from home cooks and it became apparent how adjacent cooking traditions informed and folded back on one another creating a constant dialogue Ancient foodways don t recognize geopolitical boundaries For instance the harissa found in Tunisia is incredibly similar to the adjika used in Georgia and the lineage of baking bread in clay ovens stretches across the region with strikingly parallel methods And in that vein the word maydn has roots in a number of languages and has been crossing borders for generations from Tan