Daniel Newman speaks at the Bradford Literary Festival

Dunlop’s Andaluz explores the lasting influence of Moorish cuisine in southern Spain, featuring ingredients like saffron and almonds rooted in Arab and Berber traditions. Newman’s translation of The Exile’s Cookbook offers rare insight into medieval food culture across al-Andalus and North Africa.  

Together, they discussed the historical and modern significance of these dishes, revealing how centuries of cultural exchange continue to shape the region’s vibrant flavours.

Daniel Newman works on Arabic travel literature, 19th-century Arab reform movements, Islamic medicine, and medieval Arab culinary history. He is the author of the best-selling An Imam in Paris; Account of a stay in France by an Egyptian cleric (1826-1831), and was the co-recipient of the World Award of the President of the Republic of Tunisia for Islamic Studies for the book entitled Muslim Women in Law and Society. His book The Sultan’s Feast. A Fifteenth-century Cookbook received the Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2021. His most recent book is The Exile’s Cookbook: Medieval Gastronomic Treasures from al-Andalus and North Africa .

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