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Tango01  | 26 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  | 27 Jun 2025 10:46 a.m. PST |
When Baghdad was a cosmopolitan center of art and learning … ah, the good old days. |
Wolfhag  | 27 Jun 2025 12:17 p.m. PST |
I've noticed the only time I get a hangover is when I stop drinking. Wolfhag |
Zephyr1 | 27 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  | 27 Jun 2025 4:41 p.m. PST |
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Mark J Wilson | 29 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  | 29 Jun 2025 5:35 p.m. PST |
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