Once again, Yasmin Khan invites her readers to the table for both the dishes she serves and the stories she tells. The two must always go hand-in-hand, of course, for behind every dish there is a person, a family, a journey, a narrative: a story of movement, change and migration. Yasmin also manages to strike a tough balance: between serving food which is delicious and celebratory at the same time as telling hard-hitting (but also hopeful) stories
Yotam Ottolenghi Food writing at its best: Yasmin Khan brings the people and stories behind these recipes to life, paying due respect to the hardships as well as the joy in what is a moving and beautiful book
Nigella Lawson You will want to make the dishes in this book because there’s a reason to (other than that they taste good), because there’s context, stories, people. This is a book with understanding, an appreciation of difference and a lot of love at its heart
Diana Henry One of the best food writers around
Telegraph
An inspiring, joyous, celebration of food and migration. Beautifully written and delicious. I love this book
Padma Lakshmi Here is what Yasmin Khan does better than almost anyone: dive deep into the cuisine of a specific region of the world to create a compendium of recipes, stories, interviews, and stunning photos that transport you (with all five senses engaged) to that place. I know that sounds like a tall order?and even a little bit cliche?but somehow Khan manages to pull it off again and again, with depth, generosity, and a palpable love of listening and learning
Kendra Vaculin
Epicurious
Reading Ripe Figs, Yasmin Khan’s moving and beautiful follow-up to her acclaimed cookbook Zaitoun, conjures images of clear skies, turquoise seas, and meze-laden tables filled with marinated olives, charred flatbreads, and grilled fish doused in lemon. It also pushes you to think deeper about the ever-diversifying Eastern Mediterranean, specifically Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus, where millions of refugees have arrived since armed conflicts drove them from their homes in 2015
Eater
A book of hope, sunshine and good food, it also shines a light on the plight of refugees in this diverse region
BBC Good Food Magazine
A brilliant cookbook that reveals the often overlooked plight of refugees and immigrants. Yasmin is a masterful storyteller who reminds us to keep an open heart and mind
Nik Sharma, author of The Flavor Equation
Part cookbook, part travelogue, Ripe Figs is a celebration of the food of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus ... Shines a light on migration and the eastern Mediterranean's refugee crisis
Waitrose Weekend
A book of hope, sunshine and beautiful food, it also shines a light on the plight of refugees in this diverse region
BBC Good Food
There’s many a plum-coloured, tearshaped fig in Yasmin Khan’s new cookbook, Ripe Figs. More so though, there is strength, pain, hope, heroism, loss, and lots and lots of olive oil.
Glasgow Herald
The book is a celebration of food but is also dedicated to migrants and the resilience of the human spirit because, even in challenging periods, people can always find communion around the kitchen table
Pschologies Magazine
Glorious photographs illuminate the recipes — nothing fancy, just what you'd hope to find in a taverna on a Greek island or in a remote village in Anatolia ... A master storyteller
Oldie
Stunningly illustrated, Ripe Figs features over eighty vibrant recipes in which vegetables, fruit, herbs, spices and nuts play a starring role, including spiced cornbread with feta, Afghan spiced pumpkin, and pomegranate and sumac chicken