Najmieh Batmanglij
Najmieh Batmanglij | |
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Batmanglij with a dish of tahdig rice (2016) | |
| Born | Najmieh Khalili 1947 (age 77–78) |
| Occupation(s) | chef, cookbook author, publisher |
| Style | Persian cooking |
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| Website | www |
Najmieh Khalili Batmanglij (Persian: نجمیه خلیلی باتمانقلیج, IPA: [nædʒmiːˈje bɒːtmɒːŋɢeˈliːdʒ]) is an Iranian-American chef and cookbook author. Born in Tehran, she fled the Iranian Revolution in 1979, moving first to France, then the United States, building a career as a cookbook author as she went. Her first book, published in French, was called Ma Cuisine d’Iran (1984), followed by eight cookbooks in English, from Food of Life (1986) to Cooking in Iran (2018). The Washington Post hailed her in 2018 as "the grande dame of Iranian Cooking."