[Sca-cooks] Sultan's Book of Delights-- late 15th century

[Huette von Ahrens]

--- Elaine Koogler <ekoogler1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Probably I should define the feast more clearly
> as "Islamic"...and I do 
> have a copy of Perry's "Medieval Arab Cookery",
> which I also plan to 
> use.  I just thought it might be intriguing to
> include some Mughal 
> recipes from India.  We see a fair number of ME
> dishes in feasts here, 
> but very rarely do we see anything that is
> Mughal or Indian.
> 
> Kiri

That would make more sense to me.  Thanks for
the clarification.
> 
> PS:  I may also include some dishes from the
> Spanish Moors, not to 
> mention Naples, if I locate any!

Do you have Terence Scully's "Neopolitan Recipe
Collection : Cuoco Napolitano"?  

And how about An Anonymous Andalusian Cookbook of
the 13th Century, translated by Charles Perry? 

http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Andalusian/andalusian1.htm

Your banquet sounds like it will be great!

Huette


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