Travel to Mesopotamia
A Cookbook Inspired by History’s Oldest Recipes
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History Makes Us Human. Food Brings Us Together.
I’ve spent six years building a time machine that will take you to ancient Mesopotamia with all your senses. Below are photographs from my research trips to modern-day Turkey and Iraq.
Praise for Table of Gods
FREDRIK ERIKSSON
Owner of Restaurang Nationalmuseum and Långbro Värdshus, and gastronomic advisor to the Nobel banquet at Stockholm City Hall
"These 4,000-year-old recipes remain fresh, flavorful, and visually stunning."
DR. ECKART FRAHM
Professor of Assyriology at Yale University and author of Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
"Arim Hawsho has managed to combine well researched historical information with his own personal take on ancient Assyria, its culture, and its culinary traditions."
DR. SIMO PARPOLA
Professor Emeritus of Assyriology at the University of Helsinki
"It seems to me that in praising the deeds of the Sargonid kings, Arim Hawsho has exceeded even the Assyrian scribes."
MICHAEL W. TWITTY
Culinary historian and James Beard Award-winning author of The Cooking Gene
"Arim Hawsho has captured the magic of the continued existence of Assyrians as a people, and how this existence courses through his veins."
DR. WILLIAM (BRAD) HAFFORD
Near Eastern Archaeologist at the University of Pennsylvania Museum and host of Artifactually Speaking on YouTube
"By researching cuneiform texts, archaeological excavations, and traditional cooking in the region today, Arim Hawsho has produced an amazing book of Mesopotamian recipes. He not only brings ancient meals back to life for today's kitchens, but he also takes the reader on a journey through ancient cities to experience the cultures that invented them."
DR. SALVATORE GASPA
Professor of History of the Ancient Near East and Assyriology at the University of Padua
"Table of Gods is both interesting and inspirational. The carefully researched recipes and the captivating photographs succeed in recreating the atmosphere of ancient Assyrian cuisine while also showing a strong link of continuity with modern Assyrian and, in general, Near Eastern cuisine. It’s a great way to resurrect Assyrian culture and make it known to the general public."