Another edition of Kitab al-Tabikh [The Cookbook]. The author, a native of Baghdad, Iraq and an ardent food lover, wrote his book toward the end of the Abbasid Caliphate. In the recipes he mentions, he describes the different foods and dishes used to be prepared by the residents of Baghdad during the era of its opulence. The manuscript of this book is an autograph which the author finished on 20 Dhu al-Hijjah, 623 Hijri (12 December, 1226) | |