From the Tigris to the Thames
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“Leaving our country to live among strangers felt like a dismantling of our identity” writes Linda Dangoor, framing this memoir and cookbook as both a record of exile and an act of preservation. Tracing her family’s departure from Iraq in 1959 and the years that followed in Lebanon, London, Ibiza, and Paris, she weaves recipes with reflection, showing how food carries memory across borders.
The first half of the book draws largely on the Mediterranean world shaped by Arab influence and the Jewish diaspora, while later chapters open her present-day kitchen, where family dishes sit comfortably beside those gathered along the way. Brazilian cheese bread and a beet halva from Kerala appear alongside dishes rooted in Baghdad, suggesting a table defined not by geography but by experience.
Beautifully designed and personal without sentimentality, this is a thoughtful contribution to the literature of migration and food. Readers interested in culinary history, diaspora cooking, and the ways recipes anchor identity will find much to engage them here.
Hardcover. Color photographs throughout.
Published on October 23, 2025
