Source: Ustädh al-tabbakhin by Khalil Sarkis, Beirut, 1931, pp. 99-100 Takeaways: Thank you to Dr. Anny Gaul for sharing her copy of Khalil Sarkis’ book with me. 1 Medieval Arab Cookery. Devon, England :Prospect Books, 2001
Category: Recipes
Scents and Flavors – 13th Century Molokhia in Syria
Source Scent and Flavors (كتاب الوُصلة إلى الحبيب في وصف الطيّبات والطيب) is a 13th century Syrian cookbook that was translated by Charles Perry. The recipes in the book primarily represent “the cuisine of the Ayyubid rulers of thirteenth-century Syria.” (xxix) Although Perry also suggests these books were intended for “practical household use” given the…