Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transcription -- Part A: Background And Analysis -- Introduction -- 1. HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT -- I. Yinshan zhengyao: Text and Author -- II. The Rise of the Mongolian Empire -- III. Mongols as Cultural Intermediaries -- IV. The Successor States -- V. Cultural Spheres of the Mongolian World Order -- Steppes of Mongolia -- The Mongolian Way of Life -- Traditional Mongolian Society -- Traditional Mongolian Foods -- China -- The Muslim World -- 2. Analysis of the Text -- I. Introduction -- II. Analysis -- "Des Goûts Mongols:" the Persistence of the Steppe -- Mongolian Words and Phrases of the YSZY -- Mongolian materia dietica et medica -- Mongolian Recipes -- Turko-Islamic Influences -- Terminology -- Islamic World materia dietetica et medica -- Turko-Middle Eastern Recipes -- Bread, Noodle and Grain Foods -- Sweets -- Other Recipes from the Islamic World -- Islamic World Influences on Other Material -- Assimilation of Other People's Recipes -- Influence of Arabic Medicine -- The Chinese Framework -- Song-Jin-Yuan Correspondence Medicine in the YSZY -- Origins of Correspondence Medicine -- The Correspondence System Structures -- The Correspondence System Illness, Diagnosis and Treatment -- Herbal and Dietary Traditions and Their Role in Correspondence Medicine -- The Residue of Demons and Folklore -- Chinese Culinary Traditions and the YSZY -- The Social Context of YSZY Foodways -- III. Conclusion -- Part B: Text and Translation -- Translator's Note -- I. Translation -- II. Weights and Measures -- III. Cooking with the YSZY -- Prefaces -- Chinese Text -- Translation -- Juan One -- Chinese Text -- Translation -- Juan Two -- Chinese Text -- Translation -- Juan Three -- Chinese Text -- Translation -- Part C: Appendices -- Appendix One: The Materia Dietetica et Medica.

Appendix Two: Grain Foods of the Early Turks (Charles Perry) -- Bibliography -- General Index.