[Sca-cooks] Ottoman/Turkish Cookbook on web

[Johnna Holloway]

http://www.ascibasi.net/indexEng.asp is found
a web site dedicated to Turkish cookery where articles
on coffee, Turkish Delight and other sweets, Mastic,
Palace kitchens, and sherbert may be found. A section of the
site also features pictures and illustrations.

At http://www.ascibasi.net/ascibasiEng.asp
is
the full annotated Turkish text of Mahmud Nedim's cookery book
As,ç?bas,?, which was originally published in Istanbul by Yap? Kredi 
Yay?nlar?,
As edited by Priscilla Mary Is,?nn, it can now be found on this website.

Mahmud Nedim bin Tosun, a lieutenant in the Ottoman infantry,
completed his cookery book in H. 1316 (1898),
and it was published in Istanbul in H. 1318 (1900).

While it's 19th century in composition, there are a number of
interesting recipes to be found within its pages.

Johnnae llyn Lewis