{"product_id":"making-levantine-cuisine-9781477324578","title":"Making Levantine Cuisine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom family staples to national dishes, Making Levantine Cuisine addresses the transnational histories and cultural nuances of the ingredients, recipes, and foodways that place the Levant onto an ever-shifting global culinary map.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eMaking Levantine Cuisine\u003c\/i\u003e] suggests that food and the fiery debates around it can shed light on histories of inequality and struggle in the region... By examining the food history, culture, and politics of the modern Levant, the pieces reveal a culinary history that is, as one contributor put it, 'simultaneously hidden and deliciously obvious.' * The Nation *\u003cbr\u003eA comprehensive and inviting account of Levantine Cuisine...As an inviting and accessible read for food scholars, ethnographers, graduate students, and home cooks, this edited volume engages readers to discuss method, theory, recipes, geography, and research in a new light. Whether discussing kebabs, pistachios, or hummus, the volume offers so much to think with, cook, and snack on. * Food Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Note on Transliteration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Making Levantine Cuisine (Anny Gaul and Graham Auman Pitts)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: Making Levantine Food Cultures\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. When Did Kibbe Become Lebanese? The Social Origins of National Food Culture (Graham Auman Pitts and Michel Kabalan)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Adana Kebabs and Antep Pistachios: Place, Displacement, and Cuisine of the Turkish South (Samuel Dolbee and Chris Gratien)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Transformation of Sugar in Syria: From Luxury to Everyday Commodity (Sara Pekow)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Pistachios and Pomegranates: Vignettes from Aleppo (Essay and Recipe) (Antonio Tahhan)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Revisiting Foodways in Israel-Palestine\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Palestinian Urban Food Venues as Contact Zones between Arabs and Jews during the British Mandate Period (Dafna Hirsch)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Companion to Every Bite: Palestinian Olive Oil in the Levant (Anne Meneley)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Even in a Small Country Like Palestine, Cuisine Is Regional (Essay and Recipes) (Reem Kassis)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III: Levantine Cuisine beyond Borders\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Embodying Levantine Cooking in East Amman, Jordan (Susan MacDougall)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Shakshūka for All Seasons: Tunisian Jewish Foodways at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (Noam Sienna)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Unmaking Levantine Cuisine: The Levant, the Mediterranean, and the World (Harry Eli Kashdan)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Fine Dining to Street Food: Egypt’s Restaurant Culture in Transition (Essay and Recipes) (Suzanne Zeidy)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Writing Levantine Cuisine (Anny Gaul with poetry by Zeina Azzam)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFurther Reading and Cooking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408960889175,"sku":"9781477324578","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-levantine-cuisine-9781477324578","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}