Sweet Delights from a Thousand and One Nights
：The Story of Traditional Arab Sweets
Publication subTitle ：The Story of Traditional Arab Sweets
Author： Salloum Habeeb
Publisher： I.B.Tauris
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9780857733412
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781780764641
Subject： C91 Sociology;TS971 gastronomy
Keyword： 社会学,美食学,饮食调制技术及设备
Language： ENG
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Description
Which dessert is named after the heroic third-century Queen Zenobia of Palmyra? Which luscious rice pudding shares its name with the eighth-century Abbasid Caliph al-Ma'mun? How does one make the perfect Baqlawah? Blending cookery with culture and recipes with history, this is the fascinating and delectable story of traditional Arab sweets. The authors here take us on a culinary journey across Iraq, Syria, Egypt and al-Andalus, presenting readers with clear and easy-to-recreate recipes from across the medieval Arab world.
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