de Mayee

＂A rare and fascinating insight into an ancient and delicious cuisine. This is the best sort of cook book--with time-honoured recipes from the heart of a home.＂ --Nigel Slater, food writer, journalist, and author of A Cook’s Book

Discover the oldest, most authentic cuisine in the world in this unique cookbook that explores the basis of all cuisines in the Middle East.

From the world’s oldest recorded cuneiform recipes, some 4,000 years ago, there is a straight line to the kitchen of Smuni Turan. Her recipes have been collected by her son in this cookbook.

The Oldest Kitchen in the World describes both the oldest cuisine in the world and the culture of the Assyrians. Now scattered all over the world, they all still speak dialects of Aramaic, and more importantly: they still cook the dishes that all Middle Eastern kitchens are indebted to.

Matay de Mayee was born in Hengelo as the child of one of the first Suryoye (also called Assyrians or Arameans) established in the Netherlands. After studying Business Economics at the University of Amsterdam, he traveled the world for various listed employers. Three years ago he decided to change his life and follow his heart. He opened De Stijlkamer Amsterdam, a high-end B&B in a historic canal house, which he also uses for culinary events or as a photo and film location. With The Oldest Kitchen in the World he makes his debut as a cookbook author.