Jews, food, and Spain : the oldest medieval Spanish cookbook and the Sephardic culinary heritage

Summary: "Jews, Food, and Spain" is a scholarly exploration of Sephardi cuisine that touches on the origins of recipes and their cultural importance, as well as on their apparent disappearance as a result of religious persecution, revealing links to antisemitism throughout history"--

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ISBN: 9781644699188
ISBN: 1644699192
ISBN: 9781644699195
ISBN: 1644699206
ISBN: 9781644699201
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map
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Publisher: Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part One: The Jews' Place in the Construction of an Andalusian Cuisine (Twelfth to Fourteenth Centuries) -- CHAPTER 1 A Unique "Witness" to Complex Realities -- CHAPTER 2 The Jewish Stamp in the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ -- CHAPTER 3 Jewish and Muslim Food Consumption and Cooking Practices in the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ -- CHAPTER 4 Eggplant: The Jewishness Marker -- Part Two: The Legacy of the Multicultural Cuisine of Al-Andalus (Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century): The Evolution and Perception of Jewish Food -- CHAPTER 5 The Counterpoint of Christian-Dominated Cookbooks -- CHAPTER 6 Iberian Literary Works: Witnesses to Food Discrimination against Jews -- CHAPTER 7 Trends and Evidence: Food as an Identity Marker -- CHAPTER 8 The Trials of the Inquisition: Written Witnesses of an Oral Transmission of Jewish Skills -- Part Three: Sephardic Jewish Culinary Heritage: Between Rebirth and the Desire to Recognize a Past Legacy -- CHAPTER 9 Dishes Common in Spanish Sephardic Cuisine -- CHAPTER 10 Dishes and Diaspora: From the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ to the Sephardic Culinary Heritage of the Mediterranean Basin -- CHAPTER 11 Recipes and Photos of Jewish Dishes from the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ -- CHAPTER 12 Recipes and Photos of Iberian Medieval Dishes in the Sephardic Culinary Heritage of the Mediterranean Basin -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 11, 2023).