Roasted Red Beet Soup
This recipe is by Barbara Abdeni Massaad from Soup for Syria. Soup for Syria is a collection of over 80 lavishly photographed soup and stew recipes. The international family of contributors includes c...
Soup for Syria - Warm your Soul and Open your Hearts to Those in Need
Soup. Uttering that word can make you feel warm, loved, safe. When we want to comfort and nourish those around us, soup is what we turn to.
When Lebanon resident and author Barbara Abdeni Massaad wanted to do something to aid the Syrian families in the refugee camp near her home, she began with soup. Every weekend, she and her husband began cooking gallon upon gallon of soup to bring to the camp. Her friends saw what she was doing and joined them. Feeling like she should do more, Massaad turned to her friend and publisher Michel Moushabeck.
Moushabeck suggested that they combine efforts to have a greater impact. With Massaad’s background as a food writer and TV host and Moushabeck’s experience as publisher and editor, the logical choice was a cookbook. The two of them began making phone calls, requesting recipes from friends and acquaintances.
The result is Soup for Syria, a collection of over 80 lavishly photographed soup and stew recipes. The international family of contributors includes celebrity chefs and authors such as Paula Wolfert, Alice Waters, Mark Bittman, Yotam Ottolenghi, and Anthony Bourdain. All the proceeds from the book’s sale go the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR.
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Soup for Syria
Edited and photographed by Barbara Abdeni Massaad
Interlink Books, 2015; 208 pages
There are over 4 million Syrian refugees in five countries:
- Turkey 1,622,839
- Lebanon 1,174,313
- Jordan 623,241
- Iraq 242,468
- Egypt 136,661
Nearly 8 million Syrians are internally displaced.
Thousands of Syrians continue to flee their country every day.
Half of all Syrian refugees are under the age of 18. Most have been out of school for many months.
More than half of Syria's pre-war population of 23 million is in desperate need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
Source: UNHCR, February 23, 2015.
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