Food

This page just has links to where there are books to use or buy.

Online cookbooks
Annals of the caliphs’ kitchens: Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq’s tenth-century Baghdadi Cookbook by By al-Muẓaffar ibn Naṣr Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq (10th century author), translater- Nawal Nasrallah. This is via Google Books, so is preview only. The links to purchase the book is below.

The Anonymous Andalus cookbook is available here, on the Medieval Cookery site but it is a facsimile in Arabic. It can be downloaded in pdf format here, Candida Martinelli’s Italophile Site as it was the food also made in Sicily!

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, containing history and recipes can be found here via Proxify.

And there is Cariodoc’s Miscellany, which uses the Andalus cookbook, as well as the al-Baghdadi Cookbook and others.

This article covers the Developement of Turkish Cuisine by Prof. Dr. Bahaeddin Ögel. This article covers Turkish Cuisine in the 11th Century by Reşat Genç. This article is about The Homeland of the Old Turks and Names of Their Foods by Dr. Hamit Zübeyir Koşay. This article covers Foods and Breads of the Selçuk (Seljuk) Period by M. Zeki Oral. All articles from Turkish Cuisine.org. This site has a book review on Turkish Cuisine, edited by Arif Bilgin and Özge Samanci on the MuslimHeritage.com website.

This book is available for download on Scribd- Food in Medieval Times by Melitta Weiss Adamson.

This site by Clifford A. Wright covers food & its’ history around the Mediterranean.

The Al-bab.com site on food from all over the Middle East. At the bottom is the historical recipes.

There is an article on the Cuisine of Al-Andalus on Scribd.

An article that was originally printed in Tournaments Illuminated by Stephen Block called Some Recipes of al-Andalus is also available to be read. The Cuisine of Al-Andalus by Tor Eigeland is an article from Saudi Aramco World. There is also another Tournaments Illuminated article by Forester Nigel FitzMaurice called An Arab Mead.

Books to own
Medieval Cuisine of the Islamic World- Lilia Zaoauali ISBN: 0520247833 Available from Amazon, Mainly Medieval, dstore and Borders.

Medieval Arab Cookery- Maxine Rodinson & Charles Perry ISBN: 0907325912 Available from Amazon and Borders.

A Baghdad Cookery Book- Muhammad Ibn Al-Hasan Al-Baghdadi ISBN: 1903018420 Available from Amazon, Borders, Booktopia, The Nile and dstore.

Delights From the Garden of Eden- Nawal Nasrallah ISBN: 1403347930 Available from Amazon, Borders and Cdwow.

The Original Mediterranean Cuisine- Barbara Santich ISBN: 1556522727 Available from Amazon.

New Food of Life: Ancient Persian & Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies- Najmieh Batmanglij ISBN: 0934211345 Available from Amazon, Borders and The Nile.

From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table- Najmieh Batmanglij ISBN: 1933823003 Available from Borders, Amazon, and The Nile.

Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination- Professor Paul Freeman ISBN: 0300151357 Available from Amazon, Borders and The Nile.

Nile Style- Amy Riolo ISBN: 0781812216 Available from Borders, Amazon and The Nile.

Annals of the Caliph’s Kitchens- Nawal Nasrallah ISBN: 9004188118 Available from Amazon here and here, Borders and The Nile.

Food and Foodways of Medieval Cairenes- Paulina B. Lewicka ISBN: 900419472X Available from Amazon, The Book Depository, Booktopia and Borders Australia.