Yasmin Khan is a food and travel writer, broadcaster and author of the best-selling and critically acclaimed travel cookbooks The Saffron Tales (Bloomsbury 2016), Zaitoun (Norton 2019), and Ripe Figs (2021).
For the 1.6 million residents of Gaza, home cooking encompasses many of the traditional Palestinian staples (hummus, falafel, molded rice, pomegranate molasses), with adaptation—and sharp flavors—being the focus.