We believe grandmothers are the true keepers of a country's food culture. Teta Loula is how we're making sure Egypt's kitchen story gets told — through a cookbook, products, and experiences across Egypt.
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Some cookbooks teach you how to cook. This one reminds you why we cook in the first place. 55+ authentic recipes, 7 chapters, folk stories, playlists, and Teta's handwritten tips.
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ISBN 9789779541822
55+ recipes
folk stories
7 chapters
teta's tips
playlists
Teta Loula is Nadia Hanna — a Cairo grandmother who learned to cook from her own grandmother, who gathered the entire family around one small kitchen and filled it with warmth.
What began as a project to document her recipes became a mirror: reflecting a heritage and a kitchen that are inextricably knit together.
For a long time, we looked outward for inspiration. This forced us to look home — and we were amazed by what we found.
The family table, Cairo — over 60 years ago
In stores across Cairo and beyond
The ramblings, ideas and findings of the granddaughter — a reclamation of the Egyptian table.
A 4,000-year-old tale of justice and a caravan of preserved summer goods, and the hand-woven table runner it inspired.
A dish rooted over 5,000 years ago in a Pharaonic ritual — and the donkey who made sure the feast happened.
We blamed Mahshy before we ever blamed French fries. A personal essay on why we were wrong.
Intimate dinners built around a different grandmother, a different city, a different table.
We keep asking: what would an all-Egyptian but aesthetic brunch look like? What happens when we chase Egypt's food print through its Tetas?