JESSICA BARNES, 2022, Staple Security: Bread and Wheat in Egypt, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 296pp., ISBN 978-1-4780-1852-0
Keywords: Egypt, bread, wheat, food staple, food security Researchers familiar with studies of food and society likely have encountered many previous discussions of staple foods, whether rice in Japan, tortillas in Mexico, or fufu in Ghana. Yet few will have stopped to consider what makes a food a staple or the processes that sustain the […]