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

Lewicka, Paulina B. [Verfasser]

Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2011

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 626 pages) : maps

Islamic history and civilization : studies and texts ; v. 88

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

978-90-04-20646-5 ; 90-04-20646-9 ; 1-283-27054-4 ; 978-1-283-27054-0 ; 978-90-04-19472-4

 

Kairo  Gesellschaft  Nahrung  Ess- und Trinksitte  Geschichte 500-1500 

 

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.