Setting a Place for Us: Recipes and Stories of Displacement, Resilience, and Community from Eight Countries Impacted by War

Hassan, author of the 2022 James Beard Best International Cookbook In BiBi’s Kitchen, opens her latest recipe collection with her personal journey of fleeing Somalia as a child, which mirrors the book’s stories and recipes, shared by refugees from eight countries. The book is organized by country: Afghanistan, DRC, Egypt, El Salvador, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, and Yemen. Each chapter provides a history of the nation and updates readers on existing conditions before introducing a local community leader and their journey. Recipes come from both the homeland and the diaspora and include detailed research. Stunning environmental photography transports readers around the globe, and beautiful dishes set the table. The appendix provides a fascinating time line that begins 90,000 years ago and drives home the historical significance of the foodways selected.