The Exile's Cookbook

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Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from al-Andalus and North Africa

By Ibn Razīn Al-Tujībī

Summary

The Exile's Cookbook compiles 480 traditional recipes from Muslim Spain and North Africa, spanning roasts, stews, breads, condiments, preserves, sweetmeats, and even hand-washing soaps. This work reveals not only the unique regional flavours but also the wider connections to culinary traditions across the Muslim world.

Translated elegantly by Daniel L. Newman, this edition draws on all known surviving manuscripts, featuring an introduction and detailed notes that illuminate the historical context, ingredients, tableware, and cooking methods of the period.
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This book is ideal for scholars, historians, culinary enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the rich heritage of Muslim Iberian and North African cuisine and culture.

The Exile's Cookbook brings together 480 recipes, from roasts and breads to condiments and soaps. It offers a fascinating insight into the cuisine of Muslim Spain and North Africa in the period its regional characteristics and historical antecedents, but also its links to culinary traditions across the Muslim world.

Description

The Exile's Cookbook brings together 480 recipes, including roasts and stews, breads, condiments, preserves, sweetmeats, and even hand-washing soaps. It offers a fascinating insight into the cuisine of Muslim Spain and North Africa, detailing its regional characteristics and historical antecedents, as well as its links to culinary traditions in other parts of the Muslim world.

This elegant translation by Daniel L. Newman is based on all the manuscripts of the text that are known to have survived. It is accompanied by an introduction and extensive notes contextualising the recipes, ingredients, tableware, and cooking practices.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780863569920

Publisher: Saqi Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 August 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Saqi Books

Edition: Paperback original

Contributors:

Edited by Daniel L. Newman

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 40.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 480g

Pages: 352

Collections

Cook Books & Recipes Cooking & Food Education & Reference History & Archaeology History & Military Ibn Razīn Al-Tujībī Non-Fiction

About the Author

Ibn Razin al-Tujibi (1227-1293) was a thirteenth-century Muslim-Andalucian scholar. Born to a wealthy family of scholars living in Murcia, he and his family fled his native town in 1247 following the Christian reconquest of Spain. He first went to Ceuta but after a few years moved on to Bougie (in present-day Algeria) before eventually settling in Tunis, where he achieved fame as a teacher. While Al-Tujibi wrote many books, only his cookbook Delicacies from Thirteenth Century Spain and North Africa survives.