Sweet delights from a thousand and one nights : the story of traditional Arab sweets / Habeeb Salloum, Muna Salloum, Leila Salloum Elias
- Author:
- Salloum, Habeeb
- Published:
- London : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 254 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Salloum, Muna and Elias, Leila Salloum
- Contents:
- Basic recipes -- Pastries -- Cookies -- Cakes and pies -- Candies -- Puddings and other sweet delights
- Summary:
- "Bringing together tenth- to fourteenth-century Arabic texts, the authors retrace the history of these sweet dishes, reviving the original recipes and following their development and influence over the centuries into non-Arabic speaking lands. Honey, dates, figs and pomegranates are just a few ingredients featured in this exquisite selection of mouth-watering desserts which have been modernized for cooks to try at home, all woven together with medieval poems and stories"--Publisher's website.
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- ISBN:
- 9781780764641 (hbk.)
1780764642 (hbk.) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-244) and index.
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