Amidst the world of Brooklyn gangsters and juvenile delinquents, Harold Odum is driven by the circumstances of his life into acts of self-destruction and twisted sexuality. Reprint. Movie tie-in.
This popular 13th-century Syrian cookbook is an ode to what its anonymous author calls the “greater part of the pleasure of this life,” namely the consumption of food and drink, as well as the fragran
This special issue of Petits Propos Culinaires is wholly devoted to a new translation of the text called, for convenience' sake, A Baghdad Cookery Book, that is, The Book of Dishes (Kitab al-Tabikh)
Hu Szu-Hui had been an imperial dietary physician under several short-lived descendants of Qubilai (Kublai Khan) during the early 1300s, and his book was presented to the court in 1330 as Proper and E
Vinegar and sugar, dried fruit, rose water, spices from India and China, sweet wine made from raisins and dates--these are the flavors of the golden age of Arab cuisine. This book, a delightful culina
Vinegar and sugar, dried fruit, rose water, spices from India and China, sweet wine made from raisins and dates?these are the flavors of the golden age of Arab cuisine. This book, a delightful culinar
