Let the Meatballs Rest
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-15732-2 (ISBN)
Even the biblical tale of Jacob buying Esau's birthright for a bowl of lentils is a text full of essential meaning, representing civilization's important shift from a hunting to an agrarian society. Readers of all backgrounds will enjoy these delectable insights and their easy consumption in one companionable volume.
Massimo Montanari is professor of medieval history and the history of food at the Institute of Paleography and Medieval Studies, University of Bologna. His books include Medieval Tastes: Food, Cooking, and the Table; Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb; Food Is Culture; and Famine and Plenty: The History of Food in Europe. He also coedited, with Jean-Louis Flandrin, Food: A Culinary History. Beth Archer Brombert is the author of Cristina: Portraits of a Princess and Edouard Manet: Rebel in a Frock Coat, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her most recent work is Journey to the World of the Black Rooster.
Introduction 1. Things and Ideas 2. The Status of Foods 3. Adventures in Cooking 4. The Gastronomy of Hunger 5. Flavors 6. Pleasure and Health 7. The Beautiful and the Good 8. Convivial Rituals 9. Table Practices and Manners 10. "Identity" Declined in the Plural Index
Reihe/Serie | Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History |
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Übersetzer | Beth Archer Brombert |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Grundkochbücher |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 0-231-15732-0 / 0231157320 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-15732-2 / 9780231157322 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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