Sufi Cuisine
Nevin Halici author Ahmet Efe illustrator Hussein Umit editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Saqi Books
Published:14th Nov '24
Should be back in stock very soon
Combining culinary history with over one hundred sumptuous recipes inspired by the teachings of Sufism, Sufi Cuisine takes the reader on a sensuous journey of earthly and spiritual delights. As Nevin Halici explains in her introduction, the eating and preparation of food is at the heart of Sufi religious practices and beliefs, and the truly inspiring array of dishes - from preserved rose petals and snow helva, to baklava prepared with water in which oak ashes have been soaked overnight - illustrates this beautifully. Full of charming anecdotes, poetry from the great Sufi mystic, Mevlana, and delightful recipes, Sufi Cuisine is a rare treat.
'A jewel of a book.' -- Claudia Roden
'I've tasted several dishes from the book, and they were stunningly good ... the book is a beautiful object, and some of the dishes are strikingly scrumptious.' -- Wall Street Journal
'This intriguing book has identified the dishes mentioned in the writings of Mevlana and his followers and either reproduced them from contemporary recipes or reconstructed them with help from traditional cooks in Konya today.' -- The Guardian
'Modern Western works on mysticism tend to overstress the opposition between the soul and the stomach. [This] book, which is great fun to read, goes a long way towards addressing this misconception.' -- Times Literary Supplement
'She has made a great study of this food tradition.' -- Cornucopia
ISBN: 9780863568367
Dimensions: 137mm x 203mm x 35mm
Weight: 600g
272 pages