The Exile's Cookbook: Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from al-Andalus and North Africa - Softcover

Al-tujibi, Ibn Razin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0863569927 ISBN 13: 9780863569920

Verlag: Saqi Books, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

Of the many books written by thirteenth-century Muslim-Andalusian scholar Ibn Razin al-Tujibi, only one survives - a cookbook ... . Compiled from his new home in Tunisia, having fled Murcia following the Christian reconquest of Spain, it features recipes from Al-Tujibi's Andalusi heritage, offering dishes embracing a diverse range of influences. The Exile's Cookbook brings together 480 recipes, including roasts and stews, breads, condiments, preserves, sweetmeats, and even hand-washing soaps. It offers a fascinating insight into the cuisine of Muslim Spain and North Africa in the period - its regional characteristics and historical antecedents, but also its links to culinary traditions in other parts of the Muslim world. This elegant translation by Daniel L. Newman is based on all the manuscripts of the text that are known to have survived. It is accompanied by an introduction and extensive notes contextualising the recipes, ingredients, kitchen, tableware and cooking practices. The Exile's Cookbook brings together 480 recipes from the cuisine of Muslim Spain and North Africa. This unique medieval cookbook reveals the fascinating development of the Arab culinary tradition and its profound influence on European cooking.

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Ibn Razin al-Tujibi was a thirteenth-century Muslim-Andalusian scholar

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• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0863569927
• ISBN 13: 9780863569920
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 417
• Herausgeber: Newman Daniel L.
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