CP 47 FUNDAMENTALS EXPLAINED

Herbs and spices had been considerably prized throughout the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate (ce 750–1258), and, within the money town of Baghdad, sumptuous banquets hosted with the caliph were being prepared with herbs and spices to achieve flavours which include sweet, bitter, fragrant, and pungent. In ce 812 Charlemagne issued a decree listing all the he