The Silk Road in the News #2: A Silk Road Shipwreck
Levantine Daggerhandle from Chinese Ship The contents of a Chinese shipwreck estimated to be more than 1000 years old will be coming to auction soon according to a spokesman from the Government of...
View ArticleVenice and the Silk Road: The Muslim World
Villa with “Islamic” Windows Sea gulls calling, businessmen sweeping the sidewalks in front of their shops and restaurants and of course the incessant lap of the waves on the stone foundations of La...
View ArticleThe Changing Landscape of Mesopotamian Flavors
Mersu Option One – A Date Nut Roll I’m at it again – questioning the assumptions and conclusions about Mesopotamian flavors that Jean Bottero made when examining the Old Babylonian culinary tablets...
View ArticleA Feast for the First Christmas
At this time of year when cuisine blogs are awash with recipes for cookies and roast beast for the Christmas feast, I thought it would be a nice idea to create a notional menu for what the first...
View ArticlePhoenician Dining on the Silk Road
Although we have no recipes definitively attributable to the ancient Phoenicians, and little information about the foods and dishes they ate, we do know from their material culture that they dined in...
View ArticleThe Jews of the Great Silk Road
In previous posts I’ve extolled the virtues of Arab traders in keeping the engine of global commerce and subsequent cultural exchange alive along the Silk Road. Although the Arabs were indeed an...
View ArticleA Feast for the First Christmas
At this time of year when cuisine blogs are awash with recipes for cookies and roast beast for the Christmas feast, I thought it would be a nice idea to create a notional menu for what the first...
View ArticleThe Jews of the Great Silk Road
In previous posts I’ve extolled the virtues of Arab traders in keeping the engine of global commerce and subsequent cultural exchange alive along the Silk Road. Although the Arabs were indeed an...
View ArticleA Feast for the First Christmas
At this time of year when cuisine blogs are awash with recipes for cookies and roast beast for the Christmas feast, I thought it would be a nice idea to create a notional menu for what the first...
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