Dinner at Omar Khayyam's

This is a new edition of the 1944 classic by George Mardikian Americas first celebrity chef. Omar Khayyams is an Armenian restaurant with a Persian name in an American city--San Francisco--and it is outstanding even in that gourmets paradise of a town. In this cookbook for Americans George Mardikian reveals the culinary secrets that made his establishment so famous. The recipes are for Armenian food prepared in the Armenian fashion but seasoned to the American palate. The dishes described are exotic and different but thrifty healthful and easy even for amateur chefs to prepare. His food is sophisticated enough for parties but economical and well balanced enough to serve the whole family.