Annals of the Caliphs' Kitchens
Along with the scholastic value of this translation, which is considerable, readers have the added pleasure of learning social conditions, etiquette and conventions, and the place of food in a complex and sophisticated society ...the recipes themselves are fascinating... a practical success, as Nasrallah provides standard measurements with the recipes.  -- Book News, Inc., Portland, OR   May 20, 2008"an impressive piece of scholarship and a joy to read both for pleasure and for more sober historical reflection on the ways medieval bourgeois Arab Muslim, and also Christian and Jewish urbanites, enjoyed themselves at table."  -- David Waines, Journal of Semitic Studies, vol. 54, 2009"a fascinating and instructive window into the life and culture of medieval Islam. What is equally exciting is that this translation reveals the medieval Greek historian Galen's Humoral Theory and the Concept of Remedying Food or healing foods that was prevalent in the 10th-century Baghdad. Thus, we learn more about the history of medicine and the art of healing from the medieval world and discover some of the roots of natural healing practices that are prevalent today. We are given the exact recipes for these remedies."   --Jeanine Young-Mason, Journal of Nursing and the Arts, vol. 23, no. 3, 2009This is a source that is fundamental and important for the history of culinary culture, making this topic accessible for a wide range of readers in convinving manner. In other words: this book is worth every cent of its price. (translated from German) --Peter Heine (Berlin), 2009"[...] this is a major resource that should be in every university library and will be consulted for years to come by anyone who is interested in the history of cuisine in the Middle East."  -- Daniel Martin Varisco, Hofstra University, Review of Middle East Studies, 2009The book will have many uses for different readers. It explains food from the cultural, linguistic, historical and medical points of view, giving the reader a window into the richness of daily and intellectual life in Baghdad.  -- Gastronomica, vol. 10 Summer 2010--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.