Maison Assouline Launches New Saudi Arabia Dates and Espresso Books

When you’re in search of the right espresso desk guide in your dwelling, look no additional than the gorgeous Assouline assortment. Having began in 1994 in Paris by Prosper and Martine Assouline, the Assouline books have turn into world well-known for his or her vibrant colors, gorgeous pictures and compelling narratives. They’ve three predominant collections which embody the Ultimates, Legends and Classics, all of which cowl all the pieces from meals to journey to vogue. 

To rejoice Eid, Maison Assouline have simply launched two new books as a part of their journey assortment: Saudi Dates: A Portrait of the Sacred Fruit and Saudi Espresso: The Tradition of Hospitality. The proper mixture particularly for Ramadan when all we actually need is a cup of espresso with a candy caramel-like date!

Saudi Espresso: The Tradition of Hospitality

This title explores the heavy symbolism of espresso in Saudi Arabia. Grown primarily within the southwest of Saudi Arabia, the beans are harvested and roasted particularly to every area’s technique, permitting for quite a lot of aromas and flavours throughout the nation. The addition of cinnamon, cardamom and saffron into Arabic espresso shouldn’t be unusual both and has been in apply for a whole lot of years, if not 1000’s when espresso was first consumed within the Arabian Peninsula by the Sufis within the fifteenth Century. 

The guide has been put along with the assistance of Maher Raed Al Nammar, a Saudi Arabian chef and hospitality skilled, alongside pictures by Oliver Pilcher with Ibrahim Sarhan, Mohammed Albaijan and Dhafer Alshehri, so you may count on lovely imagery of Saudi espresso from seeds proper as much as brewing. 

Saudi Dates: A Portrait of the Sacred Fruit

With dates being essentially the most sacred fruits in Islam, Saudi Arabia has ensured that their date palms are nicely sorted and cultivated to provide a few of the world’s finest dates. The Al-Ahsa date palm oasis, situated on the japanese a part of Saudi Arabia, is the most important on the earth with over 2.5 million date palms and is recognised as an UNESCO heritage web site. 

The guide has been created by Mohammed Bin Ismail Al-Ismai, the  Head of King Abdullah worldwide metropolis for dates and a specialist on the subject of palm bushes and date farming. The journey of the date-farming course of has been captured by Oliver Pilcher and illustrations by Rafael Alterio. 

The books are actually accessible to buy on the Maison Assouline retailer at 196a Piccadilly, London, W1J 9EY.

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