A Nineteenth Century Ottoman Gentleman's Cookbook

Authors

  • Priscilla Mary Işın Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.30019

Keywords:

early 20th-century, Turkey, cookbook history, Acibasi, The Home Chef, or the Perfect Cookbook, Mahmud Nedim bin Tosun

Abstract

The author, who lives in Istanbul and spends most of her spare time in the libraries there, recently edited in a handsome paperback edition the Turkish book which is the subject of this essay. The book (ISBN 975-363-825-6) is entitled A?ç?ba??, by Mahmud Nedimbin Tosun, and is published by YKY. Their address is given in a note at the very end of the essay, together with information about price and ordering. 

The book, published in 1900, was written by a Turkish officer, Mahmud Nedim bin Tosun who wrote his book with attention to detail and to appeal to the inexperienced cook.

17th-century illustration of an onion seller with strings of onions on a long stick

Published

1999-05-10

Issue

PPC 61 (1999)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Işın, Priscilla Mary. 1999. “A Nineteenth Century Ottoman Gentleman’s Cookbook”. Petits Propos Culinaires, May, 30-37. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.30019.