The Story of Baklava
Baklava History: Know How This Yummy Dessert Traveled and Evolved, tastessence.com
New World Encyclopedia
The Baklava: A Window Into Medieval Asia. Reconstructing Medieval Asia Through The Surprising History of the Baklava by Shreya Srinath for medium.com Jul 1, 2018
Baklava War Intensifies Between Turks and Greeks by Ya Libnan May 2006 Aina, Assyrian International News Agency
Cato’s De AgriCultura, First Century BCE
Athineo, Dipnosofistes, Third Century CE
“Authentic Turkish Baklava Recipe,” annainthekitchen.com“Green and gold: the story of baklava”, Oct. 7, 2016,
greatbritishchefs.com
Vryonis, Speros, The Decline of Medieval HellenismHomer,
The Odyssey, 8th or 7th century Greece
Akhilesh Pilallamarri, “The Epic Story of How the Turks Migrated From Central Asia to Turkey,” The Diplomat, June 5, 2016
Perry, Charles, “The Taste for Layered Bread among the Nomadic Turks and the Central Asian Origins of Baklava,” in A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East, ed. Zubaida, Sami and Richard Tapper
Yianilos, Theresa Karas, The Complete Greek Cookbook: The best from 3000 years of Greek Cooking,
Encyclopedia Britannica "Baklava - The iconic nut-filled layers of sweet goodness,” March 3, 2021, dishesorigins.com
Franco Salzillo, “A Brief History of Baklava,” The Culture Map, June 15, 2020
Kokkinidis, Tasos, "Baklava: The Dessert that has Greeks and Turks Fighting over Its Origin,” Greek Reporter, March 18 2022
Miari, Anastasia, “Is Baklava Really Greek? Maybe,” Fodor’s Travel, August 27, 2021
Chef Tarun Kapoor, “Tracing true origins of Baklava, a flaky pastry,” Gulf Times, Feb. 9, 2018
“Gastrin” because “Baklava” is a Minoan matter,” https://evaparakentaki.com/gastrin-because-baklava-is-a-minoan-matter/
Karagkou, Maria, “Top 20 Most Popular Greek Desserts,” chefspencil.com Sept. 17, 2021
Liacopoulou, Ivy, “Traditional Greek Baklavas,” kopiaste.org
Wikipedia post on Placenta cake cites Goldstein, Dara, ed. The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets. Oxford University Press. 2015 citing third century poets Archestratos and Antipahanes (I wish I’d had time to hunt down this source and read it!)
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), an agency of The United NationsAnastasia Miari Anastasia Miari