Nawal Nasrallah is an independent researcher and food writer who resides in Salem, New Hampshire. She is a member of the Culinary Historians of Boston, and her recipes have featured in publications such as New York Times, Boston Globe Magazine and Food and Wine. Her cookbook Delights from the Garden of Eden (2003) is regarded as the definitive source on the cuisine of Iraq, and her English translation of the tenth-century Baghdadi cookbook Kitab al-Tabikh, Annals of the Caliphs’ Kitchens, was awarded ‘Best Translation in the World’ and ‘Best of the Best of the Past 12 Years’ at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2007.

Nawall Nasrallah has harvested fascinating information and in her warm, unhurried voice, and tells it over to us in her Dates, A Global History . . . Dates winds its way like a river through the history of the date palm, from ancient times until today . . . The little book is also generously illustrated with photographs and historical reproductions . . . after reading this delicious little book, Im just hungry to open my fridge and fish out a few fat, chewy, sticky dates to eat out of hand - Green ProphetNasrallahs epic food memoir offers a smorgasbord of date history and fascinating facts topped with a dash of culture and a sprinkling of Arabic myth. Spicy and exotic, Dates: A Global History is also jam-packed with scrumptious date recipes for every occasion. After one read of this book, youll feel like an honorary member of Nasrallahs huge family: armed and ready to prepare your own Middle Eastern date banquet. - Etihad In-flightIn this small volume, Nasrallah explores the historical, cultural, religious, industrial, nutritional, and culinary aspects of the date and date palm, and offers quirky facts of food lore. - Boston.comLike the date small, but sweet and nutrition-rich Dates: A Global History packs the story of this versatile and important fruit and its parent palm into a compact yet comprehensive volume . . . a tasty offering for date-lovers, botanists, biologists and historians alike. - Saudi Aramco World