[Sca-cooks] Your top three books

[Galefridus Peregrinus]

1. Annals of the Caliphs' Kitchens:  Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq's 
Tenth-Century Baghdadi Cookbook, translated by Nawal Nasrallah
2. The Medieval Health Handbook, by Luisa Cogliati Arano (collects and 
tabulates data from the primary manuscripts of the Tacuinum Sanitatis, 
includes color and BW plates).
3. Medieval Arab Cookery, edited and translated by Charles Perry et al.


I use a bunch of other cookbooks and references, but i cannot imagine 
being without these three.


-- Galefridus Peregrinus

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> My library seems to be sorely lacking.  I have plenty of cookbooks and 
> I
> use the Internet but I do not personally own many historical books,
> manuscripts or collections that focus on the foods of a particular 
> region.
>
> I'm all over the place.  I love Middle Eastern, Indian, Russian, 
> Baltic,
> Balkan, European, English, just about everything.
>
> My family is always asking for ideas for gift giving.  So, here is my
> question:  what three resources can't you live without or would like 
> to
> have in your own collection?
>
> You don't have to limit yourself as to price.  Both reasonably and
> unreasonably priced will be appreciated.
>
> Thank you
>
> Shoshanah