Summary
Preface 6
Introduction 11
Garden of delights 19
The spices adventure 25
In the time of the caliphs 31
Baghdad in the time of the Abbasids 35
A thousand and one delicacies 41
A thousand and one sweets 59
The opulent art of the tables 69
Food diversity 75
The hospitality of the Caliphs 81
Recipes 89
Recipes index 129
Glossary 131
References 135