{"product_id":"nile-nightshade-an-egyptian-culinary-history-of-the-tomato-volume-87-hardcover","title":"Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato Volume 87 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnny Gaul\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cultural and culinary history of modern Egypt through the nation's beloved tomato. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eNile Nightshade\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eI thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It adds a fresh and original dimension to the study of modern Egypt.--Marilyn Booth, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Career and Communities of Zaynab Fawwaz: Feminist Thinking in \u003c\/i\u003eFin-de-Si?cle\u003ci\u003e Egypt \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eNile Nightshade\u003c\/i\u003e provides a master class in food history by deftly and accessibly navigating a complex political, culinary, and linguistic story through a now-common vegetable. By prioritizing the kitchen, Anny Gaul produces a new way of thinking about the building of national cuisines that traverses borders both imposed and imaginative.\"--Alicia Kennedy, author of \u003ci\u003eNo Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Gaul's amazingly documented, engagingly erudite, and insightful story of how Egyptians made the tomato their own is a fascinating way to learn about Egypt: its history, agriculture, culinary culture, and people.\"--Claudia Roden, author of \u003ci\u003eClaudia Roden's Mediterranean \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New Book of Middle Eastern Food\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnny Gaul\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eMaking Levantine Cuisine: Modern Foodways of the Eastern Mediterranean. \u003c\/i\u003eShe also runs the popular food blog \u003ci\u003eCooking with Gaul\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52043230675245,"sku":"9780520409132","price":141.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/nile-nightshade-an-egyptian-culinary-history-of-the-tomato-volume-87-hardcover-7341275.webp?v=1780171206","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/nile-nightshade-an-egyptian-culinary-history-of-the-tomato-volume-87-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}