My Halal Kitchen: Global Recipes, Cooking Tips, and Lifestyle Inspiration - Tapa dura

Praise for Yvonne Maffei, her blog, and her book, My Halal Kitchen: "Yvonne Maffei... writes a popular cooking and nutrition blog, My Halal Kitchen, from her home north of Chicago... Her simple recipe for medjools drizzled with tangy creme fraiche is excellent for transforming date doubters into date lovers." --Julia Moskin, The New York Times "Simple, family-friendly recipes shine in My Halal Kitchen, a cookbook that is at once exciting and approachable. She takes you on trip around the world from the family dinner table." --Jennifer McGruther, cookbook author and founder of NourishedKitchen.com "A cook, food writer, and self-described Halal foodie." --CBS News "Finally! Modern, observant Muslims can celebrate (with non-alcoholic bubbly, of course) a cookbook that shows how to make what everyone loves to eat in America right now." --Dianne Jacob, author of Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Blogs, Memoir, Recipes, and More "I love eating out, but I'm glad to have this manual to halal home cooking! This book teaches you cooking and eating halal from A to Z. As a halal BBQ enthusiast, I can't wait to try the Oven-Roasted BBQ Beef Ribs recipe." --Sameer S. Sarmast, host of halal food show Sameer's Eats "You'll hear Maffei's passion and intelligence, and whatever your religious persuasion you'll no doubt relate to her motives: to find a deep and meaningful connection to the world." --Alison Cuddy, WBEZ-FM

Yvonne Maffei is the founder of the hugely popular cooking blog and Islamic lifestyle website My Halal Kitchen. Her new book, My Halal Kitchen: Global Recipes, Cooking Tips, and Lifestyle Inspiration, celebrates halal cooking and shows readers how easy it can be to prepare halal meals. Her cookbook collects more than 100 recipes from a variety of culinary traditions, proving that halal meals can be full of diverse flavors. Home cooks will learn to make classic American favorites and comfort foods, as well as international dishes that previously may have seemed out of reach: Coq without the Vin, Shrimp Pad Thai, Chicken Tamales, and many more. The book also includes resources that break down the basics of halal cooking and outline common non-halal ingredients, their replacements, and how to purchase (or make) them. As Maffei often says to her million-plus social media followers, halal cooking elegantly dovetails with holistic living and using locally sourced, organic ingredients. In the halal tradition, every part of the farm-to-fork cycle has importance. This book is an ideal resource not only for Muslim home cooks, but also for any home cook looking to find delicious and healthy recipes from around the globe.