Happy Nowruz: Cooking with Children to Celebrate the Persian New Year

OK I cheated I bought this for myself, figuring that my skill level as a non-Persian adult was probably on about the level of a Persian child. And I was right! This is a great book if you want to dip your toe in the charming New Year customs of the Persian world (Iran, Afghanistan, Kurdistan) with recipes that are easy to follow.

This is a great book for Iranian families around the world. Lots of great ideas for celebrating this lovely holiday with your children. I love her recipes and the photos are great.

It is a recipe book. This was an impulsive shopping but I am glad I did it. It is a nice book with good cooking recipes and some useful information about Iranian culture.

I really like the book - the easiest to use of all of her cook books. As the mother of two children with an Iranian father, this book really helped us to incorporate celebrating Nowruz into our family traditions. The bean soup (ash-e resh-te) recipe was great. We made the cream puffs and that turned out delicious (couldn't get the temperature reading she suggests, but they were fine anyway). I also made red rice with green beans (a childhood favorite of my husband's) - we loved it. Regarding the recipes here are a few tips:1. the author always stipulates way more onion than necessary, so cut it by at least half.2. You can leave out the saffron - the recipe will still be good.3. You can substitute sour cream for Kashk (whey) - I do this all the time in the eggplant dip.

Lovely illustrations and simple and nice recipes. Nice book to share with kids and adults alike.My kids love it.

I really enjoy this book!

My kids loved looking at the pictures as we were getting ready for the new year.

... and for adults like me who want to have fun in the kitchen!A beautiful book to share with the whole family. "Happy Nowruz" gives you everything you need to celebrate the arrival of spring and the Persian New Year -- kid-friendly recipes for pomegranate popsicles and cinnamon date buns, the history and traditions of the celebration in Iran, the laying of the Nowruz Table with decorated eggs and goldfish (a symbol for the beginning of creation).A bounty of refreshing ideas for drawing the family together. A perfect blend of cooking, art, poetry, mythology and all the stuff of life worth celebrating with the people you love.I followed the Lubia Polow (a red rice and chicken dish) recipe with my roommates to great success. Everyone loved it! (and thought I was a culinary genius)I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to have a good time making delicious food!

These are great recipes for getting children involved in Persian cooking. The author has several other books on Persian cooking for adults which are pretty much classics. If you want to cook Persian food she is the author to go for.

Its all i wanted.....Even more as its for adult and children.A perfect way to learn how to cook, what the persian new year is all about, the historical side of Iran