In 1937, five-year-old Colette Rossant arrived in Cairo from Paris with her Egyptian Jewish father and beautiful French mother. When her father dies Colette's flighty mother abandons the little girl to her wealthy grandparents. She soon settles into their luxuriant, food centred lifestyle - spending afternoons in the spice filled kitchen; accompanying her grandmother to the bazaar; and feasting on the delicious Egyptian food. At fifteen Colette is brought back to Paris with her mother, never to see her grandparents again, and only to return to Egypt thirty years later. In this charming, funny, and moving memoir, accompanied by mouth watering recipes, she evokes an Egypt lost, to her and to us, forever.

'A lovely little book' Nigella Lawson 'A sensuous evocation of a luxurious world' DAILY MAIL 'An enchanting and evocative memoir of her childhood, growing up in Cairo in the glory days of the Forties' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

About the Author
Colette Rossant is a James Beard nominated food writer and is a columnist for the DAILY NEWS. She lives in New York with her husband.

Awards
Short-listed for Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 2002.



Book Information
ISBN 9780747558163
Author Colette Rossant
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 130g