Author: MARDIKIAN, GEORGE
Title: Dinner at Omar Khayyam's
Description: New York: The Viking Press, 1944. Hardcover. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2"; 150 pages; Hard cover has grey spine with white lettering. Light rubbing, scuffing, sunning and bumping to boards. Some water staining, or maybe glue showing through, inside both covers. No DJ. Foreword / by William Saroyan. Pages are clean and tight. No sticky finger prints or mystery food glops. 'Mardikian writes in an affable style and recounts his story of immigrating to America. His cooking favors the fresh and simple, avoiding heavy sauces and complex recipes; "Broiled Trout and Lemon Dressing with Piaz" (Piaz is a parsley and onion mixture) , a raw spinach salad called "Immigrant's Pack Salad", and "Bean Yahni" (lima bean or soy bean stew") to name a few. Recipes are preceded by informative tips and tales of the recipes origin.' Index.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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