Medieval Cookbooks from Syria, Egypt and El Andalus

Preparation of medicine from honey or syrup from an Iraqi manuscript of Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica, 1224. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Exotic spices, fruits, vegetables and syrups were desired and coveted in the Late Middle Ages, and avidly imported. Cookbooks from the Levant and Al Andalus teaches us how to cook and recreate the feasts of 1001 nights

Medieval Histories