After the development of these cosmopolitan utopias, the culinary culture underwent its own set of distinctive patterns and traditions. At the pinnacle of high society are the elites that indulge in having feasts every day using their finest dishes. In contrast the Bedouins of Arabia, nomadic people, were not very keen of the lively urban display of socioeconomic power. “This difference bewildered their fellow arabs living in large cities of Syria, but the “authenic” Arabs, still attached to the customs of nomadic culture, did not hesitate to express their disdain for sophisticated dishes that adorned the princely banquets of Damascus” (Zaouli). In comparison the Bedouin were very simple people, they could never fully accept the customs that
