A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East

This pioneering book considers the culinary cultures of the Middle East in a variety of contexts. The contributors discuss various aspects of historical and contemporary processes, including likely origins and diffusions on ingredients and dishes, changes in food production and eating habits, contemporary revivals of traditional cooking, literary representations of food and drink, and the class, gender, and communal dimensions to food. Written by scholars from different disciplines, it covers a wide geographical area, from Central Asia to Morocco.


Author: Sami Zubaida
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02/16/2001
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.00w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9781860646034
ISBN10: 1860646034
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Regional & Ethnic | Middle Eastern
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions

About the Author
Richard Tapper is Reader in Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Sami Zubaida is a Reader in Sociology at Birkbeck College, University of London.

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