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This paper argues that the beloved Mardi Gras beignet, eaten in advance of the Lenten fast, derives from deep-fried pastries used to break the Ramadan fast by medieval Muslims living in Spain.
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Conference Program: "Central Europe and Balkan Muslims: Relations and Representations", Prague, Villa Lanna, October 2-3, 2017.  Organized by the Institute of History - Czech Academy of Sciences.
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Glossarium Culinarium Latinum - Lateinisches Wörterbuch der Kochkunst This is a Latin-German dictonary of culinary terms found in the most important Latin written cookbooks of antiquity and the Middle Ages. It contains more than 4000... more
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