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The Sultan's Feast - A Fifteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook (Paperback): Ibn Mubarak Shah

The Sultan's Feast - A Fifteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook (Paperback)

Ibn Mubarak Shah; Translated by Daniel L. Newman

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The Arabic culinary tradition burst onto the scene in the middle of the tenth century, when al-Warraq compiled a culinary treatise titled al-Kitab al-Tabikh (The Book of Dishes), containing over 600 recipes. However, it would take another three centuries for cookery books to be produced in the European continent. For centuries to come, gastronomic writing would remain the sole preserve of the Arab-Muslim world, with cooking manuals and recipe books being produced from Baghdad, Aleppo and Egypt in the East, to Muslim Spain, Morocco and Tunisia in the West. A total of nine complete cookery books have survived from this time, containing a total of nearly four thousand recipes. The Sultan's Feast by the Egyptian Ibn Mubarak Shah in the fifteenth century is one such book. Reflecting the importance of gastronomy in Arab culture, this culinary treatise features more than 330 recipes - from bread-making and omelettes, to sweets, pickling and aromatics - and tips on a range of topics, from essentials a cook should know to how to distil drinkable water. Available in English for the first time, this critical bilingual volume offers a sophisticated insight into the world of medieval Arabic gastronomic writing.

General

Imprint: Saqi Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2020
Authors: Ibn Mubarak Shah
Translators: Daniel L. Newman
Dimensions: 234 x 252 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Cloth over boards
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 978-0-86356-156-6
Subtitles: Arabic
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > Classical, early & medieval
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN: 0-86356-156-X
Barcode: 9780863561566

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