This was the first time I’ve heard of the (awesome) Eat Offbeat – ‘a catering company that hires talented refugees’ in New York – that began with hummus. Not only does the book have a great focus on world cuisine (and amazing recipes that are simple to follow), there are stories from displaced chefs, history and meaning about the dishes they prepare, and beautiful photographs. I will be going back to this book repeatedly as a I work my way through the recipes and learn more about the international food that I’ve come to love.

I will be buying The Kitchen Without Borders not just for me but for my cooking friends.

Really simple recipes. Some spices may not be in your local store but thanks to immigrants you should be able to source them easily. And if you like to cook who doesn't like to tour an international store for new spices?

Gorgeous pictures and easy to follow recipes. The easiest I've ever seen. There are also stories of some of the cooks who have provided their recipes which brings a nice personal touch. I love Nasin's story and her food. Oh to live next door to her.

This book is for both the vegetarian and the non vegetarian.

One of the best recipe books I've ever seen.

At the end of the day this is a cookbook.. But I am so glad it was written. This book contains the stories of people across various walks of life so it is more than just recipes it is an actual readable book with stories.. It is centered around a nonprofit organization that allows immigrants and refugees to come together and prepare food that they made at home in their native countries. Full disclosure I did not prepare any of the meals in the book but they sound amazing. I made sure to bookmark the ones that I wanted to go back and try. From Hispanic to African to Middle Eastern Cuisine they run the gamut of different cultures. The way the stories are woven and the recipes are shared really shows the power a food to bridge cultural gaps and bring people together.

The stories, photos, and recipes in this book are phenomenal! The recipes are a nice change from my usual food preparation, but are not too difficult to prepare and definitely delicious.

I’ve loved these recipes - my family background is also in the Middle East so I’ve been intrigued to read the backstories and insights into the recipes. Look forward to actually cooking some of them!!

The Kitchen without Borders was such a fun cookbook. It's filled with stories and great recipes from various countries, such as Nepal, Venezuela, Iraq and Syria. There's also a bunch of recipes I would love to try, ,such as the Red Pepper Soup from Central African Republic and Poulet Gras from Guinea. I'll sooner or later buy my own physical copy of this book.

This is not just filled with recipes, but lessons about culture and family. I really enjoyed learning about chefs and their country's/family's food.

tl;dr: I want to eat everything in it, and I want to cook everything in it, and I definitely want to buy it for our public library.

Thank you to NetGalley and Workman Publishing Company for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I honestly can't wait for this book to come out in June next year because I need a print copy for my shelves!

I love learning about cultures different from my own - through travel, books and food, and this is such a unique idea for a catering company and cookbook. Sharing recipes and meals is an intimate experience and the memories and stories that are so often mixed up with the things we eat can be a tool to bring people together. Living in a city as multicultural as Toronto, I have easy access to foods from all over the world. I remember the first time I tried sushi, when my friend from Iran took me to her favourite Persian restaurant, ripping off pieces of injera at an Ethiopian restaurant and eating nsima in Malawi and Sri Lankan hoppers in Bangladesh.

Eat Offbeat's refugee and immigrant chefs have combined their recipes to create Kitchen without Borders, a collection and celebration of food from Iran, Nepal, Guinea, Iraq, Syria, Eritrea, Venezuela and many other countries besides.

The variety of recipes, some more familiar than others, are divided into sections (think soups, rice and grains, vegetarian dishes, meat dishes, desserts and drinks etc.) and are interspersed with gorgeous food photography, chef highlights, background stories, and photos of them enjoying meals with friends and family, and other interesting tidbits about Eat Offbeat, food, culture and history. These added extras turn this cookbook into something more - an inspiration, a celebration of food, of diversity, and an opportunity to try something new and explore the world from your very own kitchen.

I enjoy reading cookbooks because they provide more than just recipes. Cookbooks give personal stories and a glimpse into different cultures. This cookbook provides both excellently. The reader gets the personal stories of immigrant and refugee chefs from around the world. The recipes provide a glimpse into world cultures through the ingredients and preparation of the food. One of the highlights of this cookbook is a list of lesser known spices and foods at the beginning of the book. The list gives a description of the spice/food, areas it is traditionally used and substitutes in recipes for the item. This book lives up to its name, The Kitchen Without Borders. The people, stories and food easily flow together without being restricted by a border.

The book is worth it even if all you do. Is read the chefs [and interns] stories of old countries and new, whether immigrants or refugees, and look at the brilliant photos of the foods they cook, their kitchens and tables, and their bright and shining faces. The recipes are a bonus allowing you to explore less well known cuisines. It’s time to make your own pomegranate molasses and dive into delicious food. The book encourages you to explore changing recipes to your own tastes so that, like these cooks, you eventually perfect recipes specific to your family's preferences.

Eat Offbeat is a catering kitchen that brings their clients an ever-changing variety of traditional dishes from their team, which consists mostly of refugees who relocated to New York from their respective countries. Uniting and melding their different backgrounds within their recipes, techniques, and processes each chef offers something different to the kitchen. The Kitchen without Borders introduces us to the chefs with background information about each of them including their origins and how they ended up working or interning for Eat Offbeat. My favorite part of this cookbook is the background information provided for each type of recipe in the form of a small prologue of sorts. These bits of information go a long way in getting me interested in this new recipe that is foreign to me in look, taste and ingredients. The introduction to the ingredients that are not easily recognized or procured will be very helpful as a reference when giving these recipes a try. A great cookbook with good looking recipes and the knowledge needed for expanding one's culinary scope

This was a lovely book filled with great stories and some delicious looking recipes. The pages were full of beautifully photographed food and of the chefs. I really enjoyed all of the tips, trick, and substitutions offered for hard to find ingredients. The story behind Eat Offbeat is wonderful and this is a great book full of the chefs' tastes of home.

While travelling the world with my active duty military husband, we sampled many meals that were local staples and grew to love the diversity. Sadly, trying to recreate the tastes is difficult without recipes. The Kitchen Without Borders is an excellent resource for me to bring back those memories through the dishes we were delighted to try. Some ingredients, while not pantry staples for most of us, are readily available in the markets or online. The recipes are clear and easy to follow, giving excellent results to even beginners. I only have one question, when is the next book?

This new cookbook will appeal to those interested in global cuisines and other cultures. This reader especially liked the sections about the cooks' lives in their home country and after coming to the USA. As most recipes were not vegan/vegetarian, I will not be trying them but they were an interesting glimpse into food important to people from other places.

This is a very interesting, unusual, and important book! The recipes, and photos are wonderful. What I loved most about it though is that it gives a face and backstory to these amazing refugees. It makes the world a little more understood and a lot more appreciated.

This is such a delightful book. My husband and I love experiencing other cultures through food and this book was perfect for that purpose. I love that it included so many mouthwatering recipes from cultures that I am curious about, but where I might be unlikely to buy a whole book devoted to that country. I also loved the snippets of the chefs stories, they make the dishes feel more meaningful

This is a beautiful cookbook! It takes seemingly intimidating recipes from around the world and makes them approachable and accessible. The pictures are really lovely and makes the book look expensive. Very high quality. I also really enjoyed learning more about each of the Chefs involved, it made the book more personable and friendly. I can't wait to eat everything in this book!

This is so much more than just a cookbook!

It was an absolute delight to hear the interesting and inspiring stories behind these talented chefs. Their recipes have soul and love and so much nourishment. The unexpected flavour combinations and so many of the ingredients are so interesting and is making me want to head to the kitchen and try them!
I loved the variety - from African, Venezuelan, to Middle Eastern and South Asian; the recipes look delicious and quite doable too.

Thanks to NetGalley for giving me a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Loved this cookbook. The stories of individual people and families brought life and personality to this book. Food has such history, nostalgia, and emotions attached to it, I loved being invited into these various kitchens to share their recipes.

The pictures of the food are amazing. Everything looks so good. The recipes are fun and varied, and are great for my family, that try to try cuisine from all around the world.

Simple, easy, delicious recipes await you in this book. I highly recommend the hummus - so versatile and opens avenues for multiple other recipes, as well as any of the curries, and a favorite, the red rice. I had never tried raisins in rice before this, so good.