PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Rose Previte is the owner of several of Washington, DC’s acclaimed restaurants: the Michelin-starred and James Beard Award finalist Maydān, Compass Rose, Kirby Club, and Medina. Maydān quickly earned coveted spots on many national Best New Restaurants in America lists, including at Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, GQ, and Eater; was named a James Beard Award Semifinalist for Best New Restaurant in 2018; and earned a Michelin star in 2019. She is also the cofounder of Go There Wines, a social-impact wine company. Raised in a food-loving Sicilian-Lebanese family in Ohio, Rose started working in food in her mother’s restaurant and Lebanese catering business. Her first restaurant, Compass Rose, was inspired by spending nearly three years traveling to more than thirty countries, all while she lived in Russia with her husband, David Greene, posted there as the correspondent for NPR. She lives a bicoastal life between Los Angeles and Washington, DC. Marah Stets is a bestselling cookbook writer and editor. Her culinary career began in France, where she helped run culinary courses, organized countryside excursions, and provided French-to-English translation at La Varenne, Anne Willan’s acclaimed cooking school. In the mid-1990s, she moved to New York to work on the 1997 edition of the Joy of Cooking. She has coauthored New York Times bestsellers, Washington Post “Best Cookbook of the Year” selections, and James Beard and IACP cookbook award finalists and winners. Stets lives in Washington, DC.
"""Maydān is one of my favorite go-to spots in DC--the perfect place to tuck in and feel transported to so many different worlds. Rose Previte has translated this sense of joy, wanderlust, and coziness into the pages of Maydān, the cookbook. Each recipe in this book represents culture in every way. A delicious history that should be devoured page after page.""--chef, author, television personality, and Food & Wine executive producer ""Kwame Onwuachi"" ""Rose Previte's Maydān is extraordinarily scrumptious, stunning, and smart! She brilliantly weaves together recipes from her family, restaurants, and travels, while adding meaningful cultural context. The book is a joy to read.""--chef, cookbook author, and PBS host ""Pati Jinich"" ""With Maydān, Rose Previte has penned a glorious love letter to food cultures that are often overshadowed by newspaper headlines. She delivers simple-to-follow recipes for the kind of bright, soulful food you want to eat every day of the week.""--Emmy-nominated television personality ""Nilou Motamed"""
