Sherbet and Spice: The Complete Story of Turkish Sweets and Desserts

ISBN-13: 9781848858985 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 336 str.

Mary Isin

Opis

One hundred sculpted sugar lions, baklava the size of cartwheels a thousand layers thick, helva made in memory of the dead, rose jam in a hundred pots of Dresden china, violet sherbet for the sultan, and parrots addicted to sugar . . . the stories behind Turkey's huge variety of sweets and puddings, valued not only for their taste but as symbols of happiness, good fortune, and goodwill, are as fascinating as their flavor. This riveting exploration of their history and role in Turkish culture is a voyage of adventure, taking us from the sultan's palace to the homes of ordinary people in Turkey's villages and towns, and beyond to Central Asia, Persia, Arabia, and Egypt.

Spis treści

1 ?eker - Sugar 2 Nöbet ?ekeri - Sugar Candy 3 Peynir ?ekeri - Pulled Sugar 4 Kudret Helvas? - Manna 5 Confectioners and Confectionery Shops 6 Sugar Sculpture 7 Akîde - Boiled Sugar Drops 8 A??z Miski - Musk Lozenges 9 Misk - Musk 10 Badem ?ekeri - Sugared Almonds 11 ?erbetlik ?eker - Sherbet Sugar 12 Macun 13 Çevirme - Fondant 14 Reçel - Preserves 15 Helva: Home-made varieties 16 Helva: commercial varieties 17 Keten Helva – Pi?mâniye 18 Helva Sohbeti - Helva Parties 19 Sucuk and Köfter 20 Pelte 21 Lokum - Turkish Delight 22 Güllaç 23 Baklava                24 Kaday?f 25 A?ûre 26 Sütlü Tatl?lar - Milk Puddings 27 Zerde 28 Dondurma - Ice Cream Bibliography Index

O autorze

Mary Isin has lived in Turkey since 1973 and started researching Ottoman cuisine in 1983. She is the author of a Turkish cookery book, an encyclopedic dictionary of Ottoman cuisine and a transcription of an Ottoman cookery book as well as many articles on food history. She is also editor of A King's Confectioner in the Orient and an eighteenth-century Turkish dictionary of Persian culinary terms.