Food culture and health in pre-modern Islamic societies /
[Book]
edited by David Waines.
Boston :
Brill,
2011.
1 online resource (xxxiv, 272 pages).
EI reference guides,
v. 3
1879-3657 ;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272).
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.
Food culture and health in pre-modern Islamic societies.