The culinary crescent : a history of Middle Eastern cuisine / Peter Heine ; translated by Peter Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heine, Peter, author.

Contributor:

Lewis, Peter, 1958- translator.

Standardized Title:

Köstlicher Orient. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Cooking, Middle Eastern--History.

Cooking, Middle Eastern.

History.

Physical Description:

232 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Gingko Library, 2018.

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

The Fertile Crescent region has long been regarded as pivotal to the rise of civilisation. Alongside the story of human development, innovation, and progress, there is a culinary tradition of equal richness and importance. The Culinary Crescent shows Heine's deep knowledge of the cookery traditions of the Umayyad, Abbasid, Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal courts. In addition to a fascinating history, Heine presents more than seventy recipes--from the modest to the extravagant--with dishes ranging from those created by the celebrity chefs of the bygone Mughal era, up to gastronomically complex presentations of modern times. Beautifully produced, designed for both reading and cooking, and lavishly illustrated throughout, The Culinary Crescent is sure to provide a delectable window into the history of food in the Middle East.

Contents:

No pork, no alcohol

A thousand and one saucepans - cooking among the high and mighty

Cookbooks and kitchen practices

Itinerant ingredients - the flow of commodities to and from the East

Tomatoes and peppers - Western influences on Middle Eastern cooking

Doner kebabs and falafels - Middle Eastern cuisine in Europe

Old and new - modern Middle Eastern cuisine

Your food - our food : the role of politics and economics.

Notes:

First published in German as Köstlicher Orient by Peter Heine, © 2016 Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, Berlin.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-[233]) and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Heine, Peter. Köstlicher Orient. English. Culinary Crescent.

ISBN:

1909942251

9781909942257

OCLC:

1032352244

Publisher Number:

99979012888