With over 100 vegetarian recipes for breakfast, sharing plates, big celebrations, simple to make breads, moreish sweet treats and easy dinners, every dish in Boustany captures Sami’s signature style: bold, inspiring and ever-evolving, and takes you on a journey through the food of his homeland. These are the dishes he has known, loved, cooked and shared with friends, and now wants to share with you.
Boustany translates from Arabic as ‘My Garden’. For Sami, growing up in Palestine, his family’s garden was a vibrant, verdant space filled with a variety of produce that his grandfather meticulously tended to throughout the year. The combination of vegetables and herbs, and grains and pulses, were cleverly transformed into plentiful, flavourful dishes, bringing family and community together.
“The responsibility of writing these recipes and stories has weighed heavily on my shoulders. I hope and wish that many of you try the recipes, read the stories and want to know more about Palestine, the place, its people, culture and food, this wonderful place I call home.”
Sami Tamimi
