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Author Nasrallah, Nawal

Title Treasure Trove of Benefits and Variety at the Table : English Translation, with an Introduction and Glossary
Published Boston : BRILL, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (724 pages)
Series Islamic History and Civilization Ser
Islamic History and Civilization Ser
Contents Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; Notes on Translating the Text; Introduction; Part I: The Making of the Kanz al-fawāʼid; 1 The Text; 2 The Provenance; 3 Date and Sources; 4 A Case of Abridged Borrowing: Kanz al-fawāʼid and Zahr al-ḥadīqa; Part II: Medieval Egyptian Food Culture; 5 Diet and Formation of a Cuisine; 6 What was Cooking in Medieval Cairo?; 7 The Culture of Food and Cooking; 8 Shopping and Eating Out; Part III; 9 Medieval Egyptian Cooking as Reflected in the Kanz al-fawāʼid; 10 Eating in Good Health
Infinite Benefits of Variety at the Table, Containing Twenty-Three Chapters on Cooking Foods, by Various Knowing ExpertsChapter 1 Indispensable Instructions For Cooks; Chapter 2 How to Knead Bread Dough and Bake It; and Making Varieties of Bread: Enhanced (muṭayyab), Seeded (mubazzar), Salted (mamlūḥ), and More; Chapter 3 Measures Taken When Drinking Water, in a muzammal, and Chilled with Ice (thalj maḍrūb); Chapter 4 Qualities of Air-Cooled Water and What the Physicians Said About It; Chapter 5 Miscellany of Dishes
Chapter 6 Making murrī (Liquid Fermented Sauce), and Preserving Sour Grape Juice (māʼ al-ḥiṣrim) and Lemon Juice (māʼ al-laymūn)Chapter 7 Eggs Cooked as Omelets and Other Dishes; Chapter 8 Vegetarian Dishes (muzawwarāt al-buqūl) for the Nourishment of the Sick; Chapter 9 All Kinds of Dishes Made with Different Varieties of Fish; Chapter 10 Making All Kinds of Sweets (ḥalwā); Chapter 11 Digestive Stomachics (juwārishnāt), Electuaries (maʿājin), and Drinks (ashriba) Offered Before and After the Meal; Chapter 12 Making fuqqāʿ (Foamy Beer), and Other Drinks
Chapter 13 Dried-Apricot Compote (naqūʿ al-mishmish)Chapter 14 Making Preparations Which Relieve Nausea (adwiyat al-qaraf); Chapter 15 Making Mustard [Condiments], Mild and Pungent Hot; Chapter 16 On Making Table Sauces (ṣulūṣāt); Chapter 17 Of Dishes Made with Dairy (albān): kawāmikh (Fermented Condiments), jājaq (Drained-Yogurt Condiment), Condiments with kabar (Capers), and zaʿtar (Thyme), bīrāf (Clotted Cream), and the Like; Chapter 18 All Kinds of Pickled Turnips and Onions, Pickling Fruits and Vegetables of All Kinds, and Preserving Lemons, Damascus Citron and the Like, in Salt
Chapter 19 Making Cold Dishes (bawārid)Chapter 20 On Aromatics (ṭīb), and the Properties of Toothpicks (khilāl) Made from Willow Wood (ṣafṣāf) and Egyptian Willow Twigs (ʿīdān al-khilāf); Chapter 21 Varieties of Aroma-Diffusing Incense, Which Fortify Spirit and Heart; Aromatizing Pills; Deodorants; and Other Preparations; Chapter 22 Top Quality Perfumed Powders (dharāʼir mulūkiyya) and Other Preparations; Chapter 23 Storing Fresh Fruits and Keeping Them to Use After Their Season; Glossary; 1. Beverages for Pleasure and Health
Notes 2. Breads, Grains, Pasta, Noodles, and Sweet and Savory Pastries
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Subject Cooking, Arab-Early works to 1800
Cooking, Egyptian-Early works to 1800
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004349919
900434991X