La Gastronomia de Al Andalus

Gastronomy is one of the most distinctive cultural elements of a society. In the case of Andalusia, it is a reflection of its own mixture: to that rich Hispano-Roman base -common to the Mediterranean- is added the Islamization and orientalization introduced by the refined elites who sought to emulate the court of the cradle of Islam: Great Syria. From recipe books intended for the wealthier classes of Andalusian society -which included complicated and costly recipes unaffordable for most people- to simple and popular dishes, many of them of pre-Islamic tradition, these pages contain a wide variety of foods and the ways to prepare, season and preserve them, based on scientific treatises, poetic texts, hisba treatises -which regulated the good government of the souk-.... but, above all, thanks to two Andalusian recipe books that would have been elaborated in the 13th century. The Gastronomy of Al Ándalus is a journey to the flavors of Andalusia, from the privileged tables of emirs and caliphs to the popular cuisine, whose mark still remains in our most traditional recipes.

Product details

• Authors: Francisco de Borja Garcia Duarte
• Publisher: Almuzara
• Languages: Spanish
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2025
• EAN: 9788410525146
• ISBN: 978-84-10-52514-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries