Dates - A Global History

Informationen zum Autor Nawal Nasrallah is an independent researcher and food writer who resides in Salem, New Hampshire. She is a member of the Culinary Historians of Boston, and her recipes have featured in publications such as New York Times , Boston Globe Magazine and Food and Wine . Her cookbook Delights from the Garden of Eden (2003) is regarded as the definitive source on the cuisine of Iraq, and her English translation of the tenth-century Baghdadi cookbook Kitab al-Tabikh, Annals of the Caliphs ’ Kitchens , was awarded ‘Best Translation in the World’ and ‘Best of the Best of the Past 12 Years’ at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2007. Klappentext Dates is an informative and enjoyable account of the date and the date palm! following its journey from ancient Mesopotamia to the places where it is cultivated today. Dates is interwoven with stories! anecdotes and humour! and explores date etymology! history! culture! religion! myth and legend. Zusammenfassung Dates is an informative and enjoyable account of the date and the date palm! following its journey from ancient Mesopotamia to the places where it is cultivated today. Dates is interwoven with stories! anecdotes and humour! and explores date etymology! history! culture! religion! myth and legend.

Product details

• Authors: Nasrallah, Nawal Nasrallah, Nasrallah Nawal
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.04.2011
• EAN: 9781861897961
• ISBN: 978-1-86189-796-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 205 mm x 15 mm
• Series: The Edible Series; Edible; Edible (Reaktion Books); Edible; The Edible Series; Edible (Reaktion Books)
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Humanities, art, music > History; Kochen, Essen und Trinken, History: specific events & topics, COOKING / General, Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Cookery / food & drink etc, Food & society, History: specific events and topics, Cultural studies: food and society, Cookery / food and drink / food writing