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Sultan's Feast: A Fifteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook

Sultan's Feast: A Fifteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook

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The Arabic culinary tradition began in the tenth century and flourished for centuries, with nine complete cookery books surviving from this time. The Sultan's Feast by Ibn Mubarak Shah in the fifteenth century is one such book, featuring over 330 recipes and tips on a range of topics. This critical bilingual volume offers a sophisticated insight into the world of medieval Arabic gastronomic writing, available in English for the first time.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 27 October 2020
Publisher: Saqi Books


The Arabic culinary tradition made its mark in the tenth century when al-Warraq authored al-Kitab al-Tabikh (The Book of Dishes), a comprehensive culinary treatise comprising over 600 recipes. However, it took another three centuries for cookery books to emerge in the European continent. For centuries, gastronomic writing remained the exclusive domain of the Arab-Muslim world, with cooking manuals and recipe books originating from Baghdad, Aleppo, and Egypt in the East, and Muslim Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia in the West. Nine complete cookery books have survived from this era, containing a staggering total of nearly four thousand recipes. One such remarkable book is The Sultan's Feast by the Egyptian Ibn Mubarak Shah, written in the fifteenth century. This culinary masterpiece showcases over 330 recipes, ranging from bread-making and omelettes to sweets, pickling, and aromatics, along with valuable tips on various culinary aspects, from essential cooking skills to the art of distilling potable water. Now available in English for the first time, this critical bilingual volume provides a profound understanding of medieval Arabic gastronomic writing.

Weight: 428g
Dimension: 155 x 234 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780863561566

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