RARE PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED SECOND EDITION of the comprehensive cookbook includes detailed recipes, the genesis and development of Iraqi cuisine from the Mesopotamian era, through medieval times and down to the present century. This fully revised and updated new edition is luxuriously illustrated throughout with color photos, paintings, medieval miniatures and sketches, and contains more than 400 recipes which cover all food categories with wide range of numerous choices for both meat lovers and vegetarians, all tested and easy to follow. The author - Nawal Nasrallah, a native of Iraq, formerly a professor of English and Comparative literature at the universities of Baghdad and Mosul, is now an independent scholar and author of award-winning English translation of 10th-century Baghdadi cookbook `Annals of the Caliphs` Kitchens (Brill, 2007) and `Dates: A Global History` (Raktion Books, 2011). Her recipes appeared in major newspapers and magazines, such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Food and Wine. 250x195mm. XII+574 pages. Illustrated Hardcover. Cover corners and edge, and spine edges bumped. [SUMMARY]: This unique cookbook and history of Iraqi cuisine by the foremost authority in the field is in very good condition.