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The Book on Modern Middle East
Winner of the 2019 James Beard Award for cookbooks in the

What did it mean to receive the James Beard Book Award?

baking and desserts category, SUQAR: Desserts & Sweets from

Greg Malouf: It was a huge and very special honor, and truly

the Modern Middle East, by Greg and Lucy Malouf, shares the

fantastic to be recognized in the U.S. - especially by such a

secrets of more than 100 sweet treats inspired by Middle East-

prestigious organization.

ern flavors. Puddings and pastries, ice creams, cookies, cakes,
confectionery, fruity desserts and beverages are featured. The

How has your Australian background influenced your cooking?

recipes merge the spices, flavors, and scents of Greg's unique

Greg Malouf: I'm known for my contemporary take on Middle

Lebanese-Australian childhood with Western influences to cre-

Eastern food, and I think I owe this to growing up in Australia!

ate dishes in a signature modern Middle Eastern style.

As a country with such a large immigrant population it's always
been very forward thinking about food. I had a unique oppor-

Bake reached out to Greg and Lucy Malouf about the book's

tunity to bring the food of my heritage into a more contempo-

origins and what distinguishes Middle Eastern sweets.

rary domain, which is a freedom that I might not have had if I'd
grown up in Lebanon, for instance, where there is a much stron-

What are some popular Middle Eastern desserts?

ger pull to tradition. But for me, while tradition is important,

Greg Malouf: Desserts, as such, are rarely eaten in most parts of

I'm the first to admit that I don't always stick to the rules. This

the Middle East, although that's changing a bit nowadays, as the

playing with ideas and traditions runs through all my recipes,

world and culinary influences become more global. I use fruit

also in SUQAR. So, you'll find Baklava stuffed with ice cream,

extensively in my restaurant dessert menus: chilled watermelon

muhallabeya topped with nectarine caramel, petit pots flavored

with crushed strawberry sauce and crumbled halva is a favorite,

with Turkish coffee, Bazarak biscuits with sour cherries, labne

as is my stone fruit fattouche fruit salad (a riff on the popular

cheesecake, Arabic five-spice pineapple with saffron ice cream,

garden salad), which incorporates shards of crunchy tuiles in

chocolate fondant pudding cakes with Turkish delight. These

place of fried pitta bread pieces. One of the most universally

are definitely not recipes you'll find in other Middle Eastern

popular desserts (in restaurants and at home) would have to be

cookbooks, nor in traditional Middle Eastern restaurants, but

muhallabeya, a traditional and very simple chilled milk pudding

I like to think they still express the spirit of the region and are

(a little like blancmange, or panna cotta). It's served very cold

entirely an expression of my own life and values.

and drenched with a floral syrup that provides a fragrant sweet
counterpoint to the creamy, smooth blandness of the muhalla-

Lucy Malouf: Over the years I've written as a freelancer for

beya itself.

food and travel magazines and books and really, what could be
more fun? I was lucky enough to be raised in Europe by Austra-

And, of course, sweet pastries, baklava and myriad variations,

lian parents, so I have had lots of diverse influences in my life,

are sold everywhere. These are made from layers of translucent

which I'm sure has contributed to a love for food, an open mind

filo pastry, with fillings of ground nuts, or stretchy cheese, or

and a desire to explore and embrace 'the other'. The time I've

clotted cream, or fruit pastes, all drenched in an orange blos-

spent traveling has underpinned my firm belief that food brings

som or rose scented syrup.

people together in a unique and forceful way.

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of bake - June 2019

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Editor's Note - The Promotion Issue: Independents' Day
Contents
Management - RAVE reviews
Technical Corner - The Book on Modern Middle East
Practical Marketing - Artisan Marketplaces at IBIE
Equipment - Foodservice EQUIPMENT
Leading America’s Bread Renaissance
National Bakery Day
Building Connections
THE ZINGERMAN’S COMMUNITY
Chocolate & Decorating - ELEVATING the Customer Experience
Cakes - The VEGAN Consumer
Sweet Goods - COOKIE Efficiency
Pastries - In the WEEDS
Breads - FLATBREADS AND PIZZA DOUGHS
Foodservice - IHOP
Product Showcase
Classifieds
Ad Index
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CARTA DE INTRODUCCIÓN - CONTENIDO
INTRODUCTORY LETTER - CONTENTS
PAN Y HORNEO - Formación de Pan Creativa
PASTELES Y DECORACIONES - Disenos de Pastel de la Nueva Era
La Magia de los MEDIOS SOCIALES
Perfiles - ARANDAS BAKERY
EL BOLILLO BAKERY
TIERRA CALIENTE
ESTRELLA’S BAKERY
RECETAS DESTACADAS
SOLUCIONES CON PRODUCTOS DE BAKEMARK
BREAD AND BAKING - Creative Bread Shaping
CAKES AND DECORATING - New-Age Cake Designs
Social Media MAGIC
Profiles - ARANDAS BAKERY
EL BOLILLO BAKERY
TIERRA CALIENTE
ESTRELLA’S BAKERY
FEATURED RECIPES
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bake - June 2019 - Editor's Note - The Promotion Issue: Independents' Day
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bake - June 2019 - 5
bake - June 2019 - Contents
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bake - June 2019 - Management - RAVE reviews
bake - June 2019 - Technical Corner - The Book on Modern Middle East
bake - June 2019 - Practical Marketing - Artisan Marketplaces at IBIE
bake - June 2019 - 11
bake - June 2019 - Equipment - Foodservice EQUIPMENT
bake - June 2019 - 13
bake - June 2019 - Leading America’s Bread Renaissance
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bake - June 2019 - National Bakery Day
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bake - June 2019 - Building Connections
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bake - June 2019 - THE ZINGERMAN’S COMMUNITY
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bake - June 2019 - Chocolate & Decorating - ELEVATING the Customer Experience
bake - June 2019 - 31
bake - June 2019 - Cakes - The VEGAN Consumer
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bake - June 2019 - Sweet Goods - COOKIE Efficiency
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bake - June 2019 - Pastries - In the WEEDS
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bake - June 2019 - Breads - FLATBREADS AND PIZZA DOUGHS
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bake - June 2019 - Foodservice - IHOP
bake - June 2019 - 45
bake - June 2019 - Product Showcase
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bake - June 2019 - Classifieds
bake - June 2019 - Ad Index
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bake - June 2019 - Blank - 1
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bake - June 2019 - Panaderia - June 2019
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 2
bake - June 2019 - CARTA DE INTRODUCCIÓN - CONTENIDO
bake - June 2019 - INTRODUCTORY LETTER - CONTENTS
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 5
bake - June 2019 - PAN Y HORNEO - Formación de Pan Creativa
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 7
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 8
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 9
bake - June 2019 - PASTELES Y DECORACIONES - Disenos de Pastel de la Nueva Era
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 11
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 12
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 13
bake - June 2019 - La Magia de los MEDIOS SOCIALES
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 15
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 16
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 17
bake - June 2019 - Perfiles - ARANDAS BAKERY
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 19
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 20
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 21
bake - June 2019 - EL BOLILLO BAKERY
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 23
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 24
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 25
bake - June 2019 - TIERRA CALIENTE
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 27
bake - June 2019 - ESTRELLA’S BAKERY
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 29
bake - June 2019 - RECETAS DESTACADAS
bake - June 2019 - SOLUCIONES CON PRODUCTOS DE BAKEMARK
bake - June 2019 - BREAD AND BAKING - Creative Bread Shaping
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 33
bake - June 2019 - CAKES AND DECORATING - New-Age Cake Designs
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 35
bake - June 2019 - Social Media MAGIC
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 37
bake - June 2019 - Profiles - ARANDAS BAKERY
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 39
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 40
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 41
bake - June 2019 - EL BOLILLO BAKERY
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 43
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 44
bake - June 2019 - TIERRA CALIENTE
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 46
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 47
bake - June 2019 - ESTRELLA’S BAKERY
bake - June 2019 - Pan - 49
bake - June 2019 - FEATURED RECIPES
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