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Food culture and health in pre-modern Islamic societies

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Field name	Details
ISBN	900419441X (hbk.)
ISBN	9789004194410 (hbk.)
Title	Food culture and health in pre-modern Islamic societies / edited by David Waines
Publisher	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011
Physical desc.	xxxiv, 272 p. ; 27 cm.
Series	EI reference guides 3
Note	Compilation of articles from the 2nd ed. of the Encyclopaedia of Islam.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents	Introduction -- Pt. 1: Food sources: earth, water and air. Agriculture and irrigation; fish, sheep and goats; forbidden flesh: the animal kingdom and the religious law; hunting; miscellanea from the world of fauna -- Pt. 2: Food resources and their transformation. Nourishment and beverages; the kitchen, cooking and some preparations; spices, seasonings, and other ingredients; food and culture -- Pt. 3: Medicine: dietetics and pharmacology. Greek into Arabic; some renowned later physicians; a miscellany of medicinals; food, medicine, and the market.
Subject	Encyclopaedia of Islam (E.J. Brill (Firm))
	Food habits -- Islamic Empire
	Food habits -- Middle East -- History
	Food -- Religious aspects -- Islam
	Food -- Social aspects
	Muslims -- Dietary laws
	Medicine, Medieval Middle East -- History
	Medicine, Arab -- History
	Islamic cooking
Added name(s)	Waines, David ed.

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