{"product_id":"a-baghdad-cookery-book","title":"A Baghdad Cookery Book: The Book of Dishes (Muhammad b. al-Hasan, Muhammad b. al-Karim)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAl-Baghdadi's \u003cem\u003eKitab al-Tabikh\u003c\/em\u003e was for long the only medieval Arabic Cookery book known to the English-speaking world, thanks to A.J Arberry's path-breaking 1939 translation as 'A Baghdad Cookery Book' which was re-issued by Prospect Books in 2001 in Medieval Arab Cookery. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor centuries, it has been the favourite Arab cookery book of the Turks. The original manuscript is still in Istanbul, and at some point a Turkish sultan commissioned a very handsome copy which can still be seen in The British Library in London. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the twentieth century the Iraqi scholar Daoud Chelebi, produced a modern transcription which served as the basis for Arberry's translation. Charles Perry has re-visited the manuscript and discovered many possible errors and amendments that affect the interpretation of these essential recipes for the understanding of medieval Arab cookery. He has produced a new Enlish translation incorporating these amendments and fully annotating his variations with the 'authorised' version. Scholars will now have a definitive text on which to work. They will also have this text in an inexpensive and handy format, just the thing for a learned lady's handbag.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(119)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Charles Perry\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Perseus Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43737050939650,"sku":"","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/0463\/6790\/files\/Baghdad.jpg?v=1768872983","url":"https:\/\/omnivorebooks.myshopify.com\/products\/a-baghdad-cookery-book","provider":"Omnivore Books on Food","version":"1.0","type":"link"}