Heavenly Bites: The Best of Muslim Home Cooking

Heavenly Bites is the first multinational Muslim cookbook that features the best of Muslim cooking to be found from Morocco to Bangladesh, which is all par of the dynamic food culture of modern-day Muslim London, served up by Karimah bint Dawood, the TV presenter, cook and convert to Islam.

With the ever-growing popularity of "Eastern" cooking in the Western world, this book assembles together some of the best-loved dishes, featuring 50 recipes for soups, salads, snacks and starters, smoothies, main courses and sweets. If you want to expand your cooking skillsor learn some new dishes from your Muslim neighbours or you simply want to learn more about the international tastes of the Muslim world, then this is the ideal cookbook for you.



-First Muslim cookbook, based on the best of Muslim cooking from Morocco to Bangladesh to be found in Muslim London.
-50 recipes: soups, salads, snacks and starters, smoothies, main courses, marinades and sweets.
-Full of stories about food culture and cuisine in Muslim communities.
-Helath tips.
-Cultural and religious wisdom about food and cuisine.
-Humourous and personal anecdotes about cuisine and culture.
-Easy step-by-step instructions.
-Fully illustrated.
-Measurements in metric and imperial, UK and US measurements.

"Karimah bint Dawood has a passion for food that nourishes the body and pleases the
senses with every bite. What a pleasure to be able to share this passion through the delicious recipes in this wonderful book—it showcases the best of Muslim cooking."—Na'ima B. Robert, editor-in-chief, SISTERS Magazine

Heavenly Bites is the first multinational Muslim cookbook that features the best of Muslim cooking to be found from Morocco to Bangladesh, served up by Karimah bint Dawood, the television presenter and cook and convert to Islam. Featuring fifty recipes for soups, salads, snacks and starters, smoothies, main courses, and sweets, it assembles dishes for all occasions from the international Muslim world. Each recipe is charmingly introduced by Karimah and an index is provided for quick and simple referencing.

With an eclectic Asian, African, Scottish, and English heritage, Karimah bint Dawood is widely traveled and well-versed in global cuisines and cultures. She has worked as a make-up artist for Gucci, Revlon, and Brides magazine, and has traveled and worked as a fashion model around the world, during which time she developed her interest in world cooking. After converting to Islam, Karimah put down her brushes and white stilettos for a while and picked up the henna cone and the Qur'an.