Best New Cookbooks: Fall 2020 | Eater

"Owned by Zelmai and Farida Ayubi after their 1987 flight from Afghanistan, this popular Afghan restaurant in South Adelaide serves as the heart of a cookbook that doubles as a history lesson: interwoven essays on the Silk Road, the Mughal empire, and the Great Game show how trade and cultural exchange shaped Afghan food. The recipes reproduce classics like kabuli palaw, shaami kebab, and falooda in ways that are approachable for home cooks, and the collection emphasizes how Afghan cuisine both influenced and was influenced by the rest of Asia." - Eater Staff