Najmieh Batmanglij
| Najmieh Batmanglij | |
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| Born | 1947 (age 68–69) |
| Website | http://www.najmieh.com |
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| Cooking style | Persian |
Najmieh Khalili Batmanglij (Persian: نجمیه خلیلی باتمانقلیج, IPA: [nædʒmiːˈje bɒːtmɒːŋɢeˈliːdʒ]) is an Iranian-American chef and award-winning cookbook author.
Biography
Batmanglij was born in Tehran but received her undergraduate and master's degrees in the United States.[1] She returned to Iran after her time in America but was soon forced into exile because of the Iranian Revolution.[1] She and her husband fled to Vence, France where she studied cooking and began translating her mother's recipes into French resulting in her first cookbook Ma Cuisine D'Iran.[2]
In the 1980s Batmanglij permanently relocated to Washington, DC where she wrote her most celebrated book Food of Life.[1] After the success of that book, Batmanglij went on to write five more cookbooks including From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table, which won a Gourmand Cookbook Award.[3] and Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey, which was The New York Times compared to reading "a good novel—once you start, it's hard to put down."[4] Batmanglij has appeared on The Martha Stewart Show and also teaches Persian cooking.[1] On February 15, 2013, in his weekly article for the Guardian newspaper, Yotam Ottolenghi included a recipe that was inspired by a recipe in Food of Life, about which he said: "One of the most exciting cookbooks I've seen in a while, Food Of Life: Ancient Persian And Modern Iranian Cooking And Ceremonies, by Najmieh Batmanglij–I highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in Iran's glorious food culture."[5] On 6 April 2016, she was the guest chef at First Lady Michelle Obama's White House Nowruz Celebration and Lunch.[6] She is a member of Les Dames d'Escoffier.[7]
Her sons are Rostam Batmanglij of the band Vampire Weekend and Zal Batmanglij, director of the 2011 Sundance film Sound of My Voice.[8]
Cookbooks
- Ma Cuisine d'Iran (Grancher, Paris, 1984)
- Food of Life (2011-2016) and New Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies (Mage, 1986 ISBN 9780934211277 and 1992-2009 )
- Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen (Mage, 1994, 2006) ISBN 9781933823263
- Najmieh Batmanglij (1 January 2007). A Taste of Persia: An Introduction to Persian Cooking. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-437-4. (Mage 1999-2006, I.B. Tauris, London 1999-2007)]
- Silk Road Cooking: A Vegetarian Journey ISBN 9780934211635 (Mage, 2002, 2004).
- From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table Mage Publishers, 2006, ISBN 9781933823003
- Happy Nowruz: Cooking with Children to Celebrate the Persian New Year (Mage, 2008)]
- Joon: Persian Cooking Made Simple, Mage Publishers 2015, ISBN 1933823720
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Persian food guru updates master cookbook
- ↑ Ma cuisine d'iran: Amazon.fr: N. Batman: Livres
- ↑ Gourmand World Cookbook Awards (USA Only)-Cook's Books
- ↑ For Full- and Part-Time Vegetarians, New York Times
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/feb/15/lamb-skewers-recipe-halva-cake
- ↑ "NewsRoomAmerica.com - Remarks by The First Lady at Annual Nowruz Celebration". www.newsroomamerica.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ Les Dames d'Escoffier International (LDEI)
- ↑ Q&A: Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling on Sci-fi Cult Tale, "SOUND OF MY VOICE"