Treasure Trove of Benefits and Variety at the Table: A Fourteenth-Century Egyptian Cookbook (eBook)

English Translation, with an Introduction and Glossary

eBook Download: PDF

2017
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-34991-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The Kanz al-fawa?id fi tanwi? al-mawa?id, a fourteenth-century cookbook, is unique for its variety and comprehensive coverage of contemporary Egyptian cuisine. It includes, in addition to instructions for the cook, a treasure trove of 830 recipes of dishes, digestives, refreshing beverages, and more.It is the only surviving cookbook from a period when Cairo was a flourishing metropolis and a cultural haven for people of diverse ethnicities and nationalities. Now available for the first time in English, it has been meticulously translated and supplemented with a comprehensive introduction, glossary, and 117 color illustrations to initiate readers into the world of the Kanz al-fawa?id. The twenty-two modern adaptations of Kanz recipes will inspire further experimentations. It is a valuable resource for scholars of medieval material culture, and for all lovers of good food and cookbooks.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.11.2017
• Übersetzer: Nawal Nasrallah
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Länderküchen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 90-04-34991-X / 900434991X
• ISBN-13: 978-90-04-34991-9 / 9789004349919