Blurb:

VIII. Baghdad: Navel of the Earth; IX. Gastronomes of the Abbasid Era; Great Chefs, Great Cities; X. Cookbooks of the Abbasid Era; XI. Culinary Techniques of the Medieval Baghdadi Cuisine; Table Manners and the Custom of Washing the Hands Before and After Having a Meal; XII. Elements of the Medieval Baghdadi Cuisine and Affinities with Ancient Mesopotamian Cooking