PARWANA, RECIPES AND STORIES FROM AN AFGHAN KITCHEN

DURKHANAI AYUBI & FARIDA AYUBI, MURDOCH BOOKS, $45

First I fell in love with the turquoise cover scattered with petals and pomegranate. Then I read the recipes and wanted to cook them all. Then I read the story that runs through the book and suddenly the cover didn’t seem so important. It is the story of the Ayubi family who left Afghanistan as refugees in 1985, arriving in Australia in 1987 and finally settling in Adelaide in 1989. In 2009 they opened their restaurant Parwana to share their memories of the country they left behind through their food and culture. This is their story ....