Some slight formatting issues on my Kindle copy but the recipes and photos looked delicious! Had great tips on sourdough too.

This is the best kind of cookbook—one that is completely immersive and includes cultural information and big, beautiful recipes you can spend all weekend cooking, That said, there are also plenty of smaller dishes, snacks, and meze that can be made with less time. Favorites include the hummus with spiced lamb and the roasted red pepper and walnut spread.

There are colorful illustrations and many of the recipes have gorgeous photos. Thank you so much to NetGalley for the ARC!

I loved this cookbook so much and loved learning about another culture through their food. Seeing how much Arab food crosses over with so many other foods was so fascinating to see. I also just loved learning Assils story and the images and food looked amazing.

Some of my favorite recipes include Onions Three Ways, Herby Za-atar Flatbreads, Spinach and Onion Turnovers and Chocolate Chip Tahini Cookies.

I hope people pick up this amazing cookbook.

Thanks to Ten Speed Press and NetGalley for my copy for an honest review.

Arabiyya is a beautifully written and curated book including recipes by Reem Assil. Due out 19th April 2022 from Penguin Random House on their Ten Speed Press imprint, it's 304 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats.

This is so much more than a cookbook. It's a story of our interconnections as human beings and the role that food plays in culture and hospitality and feeding those we love. The author is a baker and first generation Arab American. She relates her experiences growing up as a person of color in a sometimes difficult and hostile society and her career path building a connection back to the traditional foods of her grandparents and her childhood.

The introduction is touchingly personal and direct. Growing up in "deepest darkest" WVa in the 70s and early 80s, one of my best friends came to the USA during the revolution in Iran and I also experienced second hand some of the anti-Arabic sentiment she lived with every day. While Ms. Assil doesn't shy away from her honest experiences or sugar coat them, she does relate the stories in a positive way, emphasizing the grit and perseverance of her family over the sadness and trauma.

The book also contains a wonderful selection of traditional recipes in addition to the warm personal reminiscences. The introduction covers the spices, blends, and ingredients used in Arab cooking, including some tips on sourcing difficult to find items, pantry lists, and staple bases/sauces. The following chapters contain the recipes, arranged thematically: baked goods & pastries, dinners & plates, vegetable dishes, and special occasions & drinks.

Recipes contain an introduction and descriptions, bullet point lists of ingredients (measurements are in imperial (American) units with some metric equivalents provided), and followed by general preparation directions. Header names are given in Arabic and English. The photography throughout is beautifully clear and colorful. Serving suggestions are attractive and appetizing. Tutorial/prep photos are easy to understand and are taken without hands or utensils in the way.

Five stars. It's a beautifully heartfelt celebration of delicious food and culture.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

As much an adventure as a cookery book. I rarely read the introduction pages of a cookery book but so glad that I did with this one. You are transported on a journey across the middle east that leaves you breathless, and hungry. Very keen to start on the recipes.....yummy,

Beautiful cookbook with lots of great recipes and nice photos! There are lots of recipes in this book that I would love to try at home. It's a big book and there are recipes for spice mixes, sauces, stocks, bread, pastries, small plates, main plates, veggies and preserves. I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review

Every page of Arabiyya is absolutely bursting with images of food and flavors that will leave you salivating and grasping at your pantry door. Any recipe from any page is a winner and filled with so much love and enjoyment.

Say it louder: food is political!

This cookbook is a gem, plain and simple. From the family history and context (beautifully told), the helpful charts of spice / why it's magical / what it's used for / a good substitute to the spice mixes, breads, spreads and sweets... I am in love with Arabiyya.

The historical tidbits and asides such as "Ode to an Olive Tree" are what rocketed this cookbook to a five star for me. I simply cannot wait to own a copy.

Arabiyya is an amazing collection of tasty recipes from pickles to roasted chicken. There are instructions for making your own spice mixes and that delicious garlic spread.

This is an amazing cookbook for people interested in learning more about Arab food! The recipes are fantastic and all of the beautiful pictures make the food look very delicious. It was also very interesting to read about the author's perspective on her identity and Arab food culture.

Arabiyya was beautifully done! I have reviewed quite a few recipe books on Netgalley and I have yet to find one like this one where I love every recipe and want to try everything. I enjoyed the commentary intertwined with gorgeous photos and mouthwatering recipes.

The recipes and stories make this book a treasure! Fans of Arabian recipes will want to buy this for their home library.

I loved this cookbooks! The photography is stunning, the recipes are drool worthy and the authors anecdotal inclusion round out this book perfectly.

A delightfully delicious read. I love to travel and I've long been fascinated by learning about familial cultures and time-honored traditions, especially as they pertain to food. Reading Arabiyya, I felt as though I was cooking alongside Reem in her spice-scented, sunny California kitchen, soaking up the history of her Syrian and Palestinian roots, learning the secrets of Arab cuisine, and gaining a deeper understanding of the political and social struggles that have plagued her native lands for decades.

I adore how the author has sprinkled this book with personal anecdotes, old photos, and illustrations that convey a strong and sense of destination. Every morsel of this cookbook is a gastronomic and sociological delight, full of color, love and authenticity.

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is an interesting recipe book.

Assil shares stories and recipes in this book. I wish there were more pictures, but the pictures included are beautiful. There's sweet and savory recipes listed in both cups and grams. Some of the recipes are a bit more time consuming, but others are accessible and easy to do. There's a good variety of recipes and information on the spices and other ingredients used.

Overall a nice find!

This is a beautiful, beautiful book. The photographs are warm and personable and the food looks incredible. The recipes are a mix of traditional and modern, like spiced meatballs, stuffed burgers and a variety of mezas. Great book!

Thank you Ten Speed Press for the ARC to read and review.

Arabiyya is an immersive experience into Arab cuisine. Reem tells her unique family story interwoven with the recipes that are quintessential to the Middle East.

Gorgeous photographs and art.

Arabiyya is a great option for those who are looking for dishes that originate from the Arab world and who want to learn a bit of the culture that often accompanies these dishes. Rather than simply offering a compendium of recipes, Reem Assil includes small essays and missives on what the food means. Although it's easy enough to appreciate great food for being great food, it's wonderful to have the background and context that makes the food so much more than items on a plate.

The segment on how to host like an Arab is wonderfully heartfelt - you can really feed Assil's love, pride, and appreciation for her ancestors' resilience not only in surviving the turmoil they faced, but in their stoic stubbornness in maintaining important rituals and traditions, no matter what challenges and horrors the world threw at them.

When I was very young, I had a close friend who was Lebanese and Jordanian - so many of the recipes in Arabyiyya sent me right back to sitting in her mother's kitchen 30 years ago while she prepared all sorts of foods I had never before smelled or tasted or heard of. It's funny how even the memory of scents and flavors can be so tightly wrapped around memories and experiences.

Each of the recipes does a thorough job of explaining the process, sometimes offering a backstory about the recipe, and the photos are quite enticing.