Chicken or Pastirma? Fine dining Ottoman style
- đ¤ Speaker: Dr Helen Pfeifer, Faculty of History
- đ Date & Time: Wednesday 12 February 2020, 13:15 - 14:00
- đ Venue: Fitzwilliam Museum
Abstract
In the Ottoman Empire as in our own society, food acted not only as a source of nourishment but as a tool for expressing identity and social status. This talk will look at how dining practices in the Middle East during the sixteenth and seventeenth-century formed a basis of religion and class distinctions.
Admission is by token, one per person, available at the Courtyard Entrance desk on a first-come first-served basis 30 minutes before the talk. Assisted hearing sets are available.
Series This talk is part of the The Fitzwilliam Museum series.
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Dr Helen Pfeifer, Faculty of History
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 13:15-14:00