Soo Fariista / Come Sit Down- A Somali American Cookbook

[Grant]

https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2018/Aug/159330/new_cookbook_offers_a_first_taste_of_somali_food.aspx
http://www.mnhs.org/mnhspress/books/soo-fariista-come-sit-down

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Soo Fariista / Come Sit Down
A Somali American Cookbook

Author Wariyaa, Foreword by Osman Mohamed Ali

"This accessible guide celebrates a vibrant food culture that crisscrosses national and regional borders, inviting all comers to relish comforting and flavorful meals, Somali American style."

Paperback

Category: Cooking

June 1, 2018

224 pages

50 color photos 70 recipes, index, bibliography

8x10 inches

ISBN: 9781681340852

Soo Fariista / Come Sit Down: A Somali American Cookbook
$24.95

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"Somali Americans celebrate a shared heritage at mealtime. No matter what country they first called home, no matter how they found their way to Minnesota, members of this community come together over shaah, kackac, and halwad (that is, tea, beignets, and sweets).

Realizing how quickly traditions can change in a culture on the move, Somali American students set out to preserve their culinary legacy by interviewing family members, researching available and alternative ingredients, and testing kitchen techniques. In Soo Fariista / Come Sit Down, seventy recipes for everything from saabuuse (stuffed pastry) to suqaar (sauteed meat) to canjeelo (flatbread) to shushumow (fried sweet dough) honor memories and flavors from East Africa with adjustments for American realities. An introduction explores Somali foodways and their transitions in the United States, and each contributor is highlighted with his or her story. Notes on the recipes share the students’ journey from “a little of this and a little of that” to methods that will bring success in Somali American cooking to novices and practiced hands alike.

Opening June 23, 2018
Somalis + Minnesota Exhibit at the Minnesota History Center

Also of interest: Somalis in Minnesota by Ahmed Ismail Yusuf"

 

[Ubax45_]

Looks good but the headline isn't true. This one was published years ago and it was more of a big deal since the cooking blogs and youtube channels hadn't taken off yet.

 

[Grant]

Looks good but the headline isn't true. This one was published years ago and it was more of a big deal since the cooking blogs and youtube channels hadn't taken off yet.

According to the Hiiraan article, this version was published May 15, 2018, and was written over the past year by student members of the Waryaa group at the Somali Museum and its director, Osman Mohamed Ali. The authors are listed below.


https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2018/Aug/159330/new_cookbook_offers_a_first_taste_of_somali_food.aspx

"For the nine young authors of “Soo Fariista/ Come Sit Down: A Somali American Cookbook”(Minnesota Historical Society Press, 183 pages, $24.95), who are part of Wariyaa, Somali Youth in Museums, cinnamon-spiced lamb and lime-infused semolina cake is the taste of home.

This colorful, enticing book is the result of a yearlong program for Somali teens offered by the Somali Museum of Minnesota (1516 E. Lake St., Suite 11, Mpls., 612-234-1625; somalimuseum.org).

“Food is a tool to touch history and identity,” writes Osman Mohamed Ali, the museum’s founder and executive director. The youth — Abdirahman, Abdikarim, Abdiwahid, Asha, Hamdi, Hamse, Hamze, Hoda, Naima — found their way here from Syria, Ethiopia, South Africa, Kenya and Somalia, and became friends through this project as they explored kackac, bur and halwad (tea, beignets and sweets).



They interviewed family elders, community members and plumbed their own memories.


“We baked, cooked, fried and learned together ... struggled to make sense of recipes with missing information, to navigate the ever-present ‘just a pinch’ measurement system, to assess the authenticity of the recipes with our palates,” they write."

 

[Mustafa]

This a good idea. But i think ill wait for the books 'digsiga ha gubin/dont burn the pot' for my future wife and 'caruurteyda chicken nuggets and sausages maalinkasto ha siinin/dont feed my kids chicken nuggets and sausages everday' for my ex wife