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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.
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I: Food Sources: Earth, water and air
1. Agriculture and Irrigation
2. Fish, sheep and goats
3. Forbidden flesh: the animal kingdom and the religious law
4. Hunting
5. Miscellanea from the world of fauna
II: Food Resources and their transformation
1. Nourishment and Beverages
2. The Kitchen, cooking and some preparations.
3. Spices, seasonings and other ingredients.
4. Food and Culture
III: Medicine: Dietetics and pharmacology
1. Greek into Arabic
2. Some renowned later physicians
3. A miscellany of medicinals
4. Food, medicine and the Market



