{"product_id":"once-upon-a-spice-an-heirloom-memoir-and-novel-of-lebanese-cuisine-and-heritage-fabled-feasts","title":"ONCE UPON A SPICE: An Heirloom Memoir and Novel of Lebanese Cuisine and Heritage (Fabled Feasts)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePREMIUM COLLECTOR’S EDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e200+ Full-Color photographs + Memoir + Novel + 60 Recipes — First Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Culinary Quest. A Time-Travel Portal. An Epic Love. A Kitchen Revolution.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Fabled Feast of Memory, Myth, and Mediterranean Food\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Prose that lingers on the tongue—rich as saffron, sharp as lemon, layered as Lebanese phyllo. A novel to be savored, in the tradition of Madeline Miller, Diana Abu Jaber, and Elif Shafak.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA NOVEL YOU CAN TASTE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA COOKBOOK YOU CAN READ LIKE MYTHOLOGY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if your family recipes held a secret older than time?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen chef \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNoura El-Qaysi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e climbs into her family's Beirut attic, desperate to save her failing restaurant, she discovers a talisman that shatters every boundary she knows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne heartbeat, she’s drowning in debt and her mother’s quiet nostalgia.\u003cbr\u003eThe next, she’s barefoot in the spice markets of ancient Phoenicia — a world where \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efood is power, prophecy, and the only currency that matters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo survive, Noura must cook her way into belonging.\u003cbr\u003eTo return home, she must unlock a divine lineage hidden in recipes she thought she knew.\u003cbr\u003eTo understand herself, she must taste 3,000 years of memory — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone meal at a time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWHAT YOU’LL FIND INSIDE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e60+ heritage recipes that truly work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e684 pages of full-color storytelling, art \u0026amp; design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA sensory time-travel novel rooted in Phoenician myth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA mother–daughter memoir of culture, love \u0026amp; belonging\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAncient techniques, spice lore \u0026amp; Rouh wa Nafas philosophy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor readers of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCirce, Like Water for Chocolate \u0026amp; The Language of Baklava\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A GENRE-SHATTERING MASTERWORK IN THREE ACTS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE FOOD MEMOIR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA daughter learns identity isn’t inherited — it’s simmered, shared, kneaded into existence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE MAGICAL REALISM NOVEL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Beirut to the temples of Astarte, Noura cooks to survive, barters to belong, and discovers a love older than empires.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE LIVING COOKBOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecipes travel old sea routes — sesame, sumac, wheat, oil — carrying myth. 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Rouh wa Nafas is ancestral. This book made me feel seen.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKarelle Nasser, Restaurateur, Eden Haus (Lusaka)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A poetic, precious book of food, memory, and identity. 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