Food Culture and Health in Pre-Modern Muslim Societies

272 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book brings together edited articles from the second edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam that are relevant to food culture, health, diet, and medicine in pre-Islamic Muslim societies. This compilation consists of edited entries on agriculture and irrigation, with attention for various staples and fruits; animals and the legal aspects of their consumption; hunting and fishing; the preparation of food, with entries on both the kitchen and various ingredients; dietetics and pharmacology; and the medicinal properties of a wide variety of foodstuffs.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kulinarisches
• ISBN: 9789004194410
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2010
• Größe: 260 x 175 mm
• Verlag: Brill