Amazing travelogue/cookbook/memoir/history book

 

 ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ Having recently finished Peter Frankopan's The Silk Roads, some locations of Air and Love (mainly Samarkand and Tashkent) feel so familiar to me inspiring greater love for this book and the people keen to find a home within its text. A stunningly beautifully written and researched travelogue/cookbook/memoir/history book, this story details the vast travels of Or Rosenboim's ancestors.

Seamlessly blending a sense of place, in whatever time and country the amazing generations of people might be, with the comforts of home cooking, make this a story unique and inspiring. Overcoming great challenges and relocating, when necessary, provides the backdrop to absorb a wider range of regional customs and cookery know-how than most might experience in one lifetime. A truly migratory existence adapting favourite recipes to suit a different climate with new food stuffs, I am humbled by the journey and keen to try out the many recipes sprinkled throughout this lovely book. Thank you for all your vast research and making a story that resonates so strongly with today's world.