A signed encyclopedia entry by food historian Teresa de Castro surveying the scholarly dating debate over couscous origin, from Lucie Bolens now largely invalidated antiquity hypothesis to Charles Perry medieval dating.
Facts
AuthorTeresa de Castro
PublisherCharles Scribner's Sons, via Encyclopedia.com
URLhttps://www.encyclopedia.com/sports-and-everyday-life/food-and-drink/food-and-cooking/couscous
Source Typereference
Reliability Tier1
A signed entry in a scholarly food reference encyclopedia published by Charles Scribner Sons, weighing named historians competing dating theories rather than asserting one. Sources
Couscous (Encyclopedia of Food and Culture)
Teresa de Castro, Charles Scribner's Sons, via Encyclopedia.comView the Source Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)
This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 connected, 1 held Differently. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Dishes, 6 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Cuisines, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 held Differently, 1 general references.
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