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Charles Perry (translator), Claudia Roden (foreword)
Charles Perry (translator), Claudia Roden (foreword)
Front Cover
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Charles Perry (translator), Claudia Roden (foreword)
Scents and Flavors: A Syrian Cookbook
Authors:
Charles Perry (translator)
,
Claudia Roden (foreword)
Series:
Library of Arabic Literature
ISBN:
9789376540532
Binding:
Hardcover
Year:
2027
Pages:
242
Size:
15 x 23 cm
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About the Book
Delectable recipes from the medieval Middle East.This popular thirteenth-century Syrian cookbook is an ode to what its anonymous author calls the “greater part of the pleasure of this life,” namely the consumption of food and drink, as well as the fragrances that garnish the meals and the diners who enjoy them.Organized like a meal,
Scents and Flavors
opens with appetizers and juices and proceeds through main courses, side dishes, and desserts. Apricot beverages, stuffed eggplant, pistachio chicken, coriander stew, melon crepes, and almond pudding are seasoned with nutmeg, rose, cloves, saffron, and the occasional rare ingredient such as ambergris to delight and surprise the banqueter. Bookended by chapters on preparatory perfumes, incenses, medicinal oils, antiperspirant powders, and after-meal hand soaps, this comprehensive culinary journey is a feast for all the senses.With the exception of a few extant Babylonian and Roman texts, cookbooks did not appear on the world literary scene until Arabic speakers began compiling their recipe collections in the tenth century, peaking in popularity in the thirteenth century.
Scents and Flavors
quickly became a bestseller during this golden age of cookbooks and remains today a delectable read for cultural historians and epicures alike.
About the Authors
Charles Perry
Charles Perry is a culinary historian who has written widely on cooking in the medieval Middle East. He has published and consulted on Middle Eastern food history and has translated several pre-modern texts, including
A Baghdad Cookery Book: The Book of Dishes
.
Claudia Roden
Claudia Roden is a British cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist. She is a well-known author of Middle Eastern cookbooks, including
A Book of Middle Eastern Food
.
Editorial Reviews
“Al-Tilimsani’s eloquent and profound commentary on the Divine Names is a masterpiece of this important genre of Islamic theological literature, bridging theoretical and practical discussions and containing brilliant accounts of the nature of language, humanity, the cosmos, the Divine, and the various relationships amongst them. Casewit’s lucid translations convey the compelling combination of intellectual depth and aesthetic beauty that characterizes the original work. In addition to providing important contextualization for the work, Casewit’s book is the first major study of ʿAfif al-Din al-Tilimsani in English, introducing this profoundly original Sufi thinker, poet, and student of Ibn al-ʿArabi to a general audience.”
—Oludamini Ogunnaike, Associate Professor of African Religious Thought, UVA
“The near-total neglect in modern Western scholarship of [al-Tilimsānī] is as baffling as it is regrettable. . . . With his new edition and translation of [The Divine Names], Yousef Casewit has therefore rendered a major service to the field of Islamic Studies and the broader reading public alike.”
—
Journal of Islamic and Muslim Studies
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