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The Iraqi Table

The Iraqi Table

Food

Dates, bread, rice and river fish — a cuisine whose roots reach back to the world's oldest recipes.

Babylonian clay tablets record some of the oldest known recipes. Today's Iraqi cooking still celebrates slow stews, stuffed vegetables and generous hospitality.

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