Xierra Itayem

Maqluba

Palestinian Recipe Illustration

Digital Media

2023

Recipe illustration for upcoming illustrated cooked book featuring traditional Palestinian and Puerto Rican dishes. Meaning “upside down” in Arabic, Maqluba is a traditional Palestinian recipe consisting of layered meat, vegetables, and seasoned, fragrant rice.

Hummus

Palestinian Recipe Illustration

Digital Media

2023

Recipe illustration for upcoming illustrated cooked book featuring traditional Palestinian and Puerto Rican dishes. This recipes illustrates creamy home made hummus.

Musakhan

Palestinian Recipe Illustration

Digital Media

2023

Recipe illustration for upcoming illustrated cooked book featuring traditional Palestinian and Puerto Rican dishes. This dish is a pita flatbread, layered with olive oil sumac confit onions and baked chicken.

Mom's Lasagna

Cookbook Recipe Illustration

Digital Media

2023

Recipe illustration for upcoming illustrated cooked book featuring traditional Palestinian and Puerto Rican dishes. This illustration features a fusion lasagna made with Puerto Rican spices and techniques.

Cookbook Back Cover

Back Cover Illustration for Upcoming Cookbook

Digital Media

Pollo Guisado

Pollo Guisado Recipe Illustration

Gouache and Digital Media

2023

Recipe illustration for upcoming illustrated cooked book featuring traditional Palestinian and Puerto Rican dishes. This dish is a savory Puerto Rican chicken stew served over white rice.

Knafeh

Knafeh Palestinian Desert Recipe Illustration

Gouache and Digital Media

2023

Recipe illustration for upcoming illustrated cooked book featuring traditional Palestinian and Puerto Rican dishes. This dish is a luxurious sweet cheese dessert topped with crunchy baked filo dough and pistachios.

Tatreez

Tatreez Cultural Spotlight Illustration

Gouache and Digital Media

Illustration for upcoming illustrated cooked book featuring traditional Palestinian and Puerto Rican dishes. This will be an illustration for a cultural spotlight about Palestinian traditional embroidery.