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MESOPOTAMIAN STEW, SORTA PART 2

YESTERDAY A BBC Item on 4000-Year-Old Recipes caught my eye—and taste buds. What about making a Mesopotamian stew? The recipe, translated from cuneiform courtesy of Klaus Wagensonner, was rudimentary: “Leg … Continue reading

August 23, 2024 · 1 Comment

MESOPOTAMIAN STEW, SORTA PART 1

THERE’S INTELLECTUAL SATISFACTION in communing with past civilizations. Maybe it’s the grandeur of Rome’s Pantheon or the serenity of Kamakura’s Daibutsu. Or the culinary comfort of “What the Mesopotamians Had … Continue reading

August 22, 2024 · Leave a comment