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Author Lewicka, Paulina B.

Title Food and foodways of medieval Cairenes : aspects of life in an Islamic metropolis of the eastern Mediterranean / by Paulina B. Lewicka.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 626 pages) : maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Islamic history and civilization : studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; v. 88
Islamic history and civilization ; v. 88.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Maps; Introductory Essay Medieval Cairo and Its Inhabitants; Survey of the Sources for the Study of the Medieval Cairene Food Culture; Part One On Food; Part Two On Eating; Part Three On Beverages; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Arabic Terms.
Summary As a corpus-based study which aims at profiling the food culture of medieval Cairo, the book is an attempt to reconstruct the menu of Cairenes as well as their various daily practices, customs and habits related to food and eating.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Food habits -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History.
Food habits.
Egypt -- Cairo.
History.
Food habits -- Religious aspects -- Islam -- History.
Islam.
Diet -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History.
Diet.
Dinners and dining -- Religious aspects -- Islam -- History.
Dinners and dining -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Table etiquette -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History.
Table etiquette.
Cairo (Egypt) -- Civilization.
Egypt -- History -- 640-1250.
Egypt.
Chronological Term 640-1250
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lewicka, Paulina B. Food and foodways of medieval Cairenes. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011 9789004194724 (DLC) 2011014528 (OCoLC)710019023
ISBN 9789004206465 (electronic book)
9004206469 (electronic book)
1283270544
9781283270540
9789004194724
900419472X
Standard No. 9786613270542
10.1163/ej.9789004194724.i-626