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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP26 Jun 2025 5:37 p.m. PST

…1,000-Year-Old Cookbook


"Written nearly a thousand years ago, the Kitab al-tabikh (book of cookery) written by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, is the most comprehensive work of its kind. It includes more than 600 recipes for culinary and medicinal dishes, including a well-known ancient Middle Eastern hangover cure, ingredients for enhancing sexual performance, and dishes for curing a range of health problems. The ancient text has been translated by Nawal Nasrallah, a former professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Baghdad, into the ‘Annals of the Caliph's Kitchen', making these fascinating recipes accessible to the English-speaking world…"


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Oberlindes Sol LIC Supporting Member of TMP27 Jun 2025 10:46 a.m. PST

When Baghdad was a cosmopolitan center of art and learning … ah, the good old days.

Wolfhag Supporting Member of TMP27 Jun 2025 12:17 p.m. PST

I've noticed the only time I get a hangover is when I stop drinking.

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Zephyr127 Jun 2025 4:08 p.m. PST

Re-creating those recipes to see if they actually worked would make for a great reality TV show… ;-)

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP27 Jun 2025 4:41 p.m. PST

Ha!…

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Mark J Wilson29 Jun 2025 3:32 a.m. PST

@Zephyr, I'll be willing to bet that more than 50% of the recipes are still in regular use in the area and the ones that aren't are probably the ones you don't want to recreate.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP29 Jun 2025 5:35 p.m. PST

(smile)

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