Well, it may be true that there are not books on Syrian Jewish cooking until now, the the Wikipedia entry for "Syrian Jewish community has a long section on food: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S... . Beyond that, there has been a lot of work on Syrian Jewish music--Harvard's Kay Kaufman Shelemay (Let Jasmine Rain Down, Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology: 1998) or HUC's Mark Kligman come to mind. I have heard both speak to the subject in recent years.
A quick look at the Wikipedia entry suggests that the community is well-documented in other ways, too. But, okay, it's great that there is a wonderful book about the cuisine, now, too.
Well, it may be true that there are not books on Syrian Jewish cooking until now, the the Wikipedia entry for "Syrian Jewish community has a long section on food: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S... . Beyond that, there has been a lot of work on Syrian Jewish music--Harvard's Kay Kaufman Shelemay (Let Jasmine Rain Down, Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology: 1998) or HUC's Mark Kligman come to mind. I have heard both speak to the subject in recent years.
A quick look at the Wikipedia entry suggests that the community is well-documented in other ways, too. But, okay, it's great that there is a wonderful book about the cuisine, now, too.