Nile nightshade : an Egyptian culinary history of the tomato / Anny Gaul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaul, Anny, Author.

Series:

California studies in food and culture ; http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/3ee02f55-fbe9-5a25-a49b-b04940237a9c 87.

California studies in food and culture ; 87

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking (Tomatoes).

Cooking, Egyptian.

Tomatoes--Social aspects--Egypt.

Tomatoes.

Physical Description:

xix, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2025]

Summary:

"By the end of the twentieth century, the tomato--indigenous to the Americas--had become Egypt's top horticultural crop and a staple of Egyptian cuisine. The tomato brought together domestic consumers, cookbook readers, and home cooks through a shared culinary culture that sometimes transcended differences of class, region, gender, and ethnicity--and sometimes reinforced them. In Nile Nightshade, Anny Gaul shows how Egyptians' embrace of the tomato and the emergence of Egypt's modern national identity were both driven by the modernization of the country's food system. Drawing from cookbooks, archival materials, oral histories, and vernacular culture, Gaul follows this commonplace food into the realms of domestic policy and labor through the hands of Egypt's overwhelmingly female home cooks. As they wrote recipes and cooked meals, these women forged key aspects of public culture that defined how Egyptians recognized themselves and one another as Egyptian"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Tomato trajectories : From Mexico to Misr

How do you say 'tomato' in Egyptian?

Magnuna ya oota : tomato as complaint

Defining Egyptian taste : tomatoes in domestic cookbooks

Creating Egyptian flavor : Tomatoes in home kitchens

Red stew, green stew : cooking okra in the Nile Valley

Conclusion : how tomatoes became Egyptian.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Gaul, Anny Nile nightshade

ISBN:

9780520409132

0520409132

9780520409149

0520409140

OCLC:

1527218116