Italyâ s best-known food historian travels back to the birth of â modernâ cuisine and reveals the remarkable links between medieval tastes and our own. Massimo Montanari traces the development of medieval tastesâ both culinary and culturalâ and details how food transformed from a simple staple to a symbol of social and ideological standing.
Italyâ s best-known food historian travels back to the birth of â modernâ cuisine and reveals the remarkable links between medieval tastes and our own. Massimo Montanari traces the development of medieval tastesâ both culinary and culturalâ and details how food transformed from a simple staple to a symbol of social and ideological standing.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
Massimo Montanari is professor of medieval history and the history of food at the Institute of Paleography and Medieval Studies, University of Bologna. He has authored and coauthored more than a dozen books on the history of cuisine and the cultural values of food, including Let the Meatballs Rest: And Other Stories About Food and Culture; Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb; Food Is Culture; Italian Cuisine: A Cultural History; Food: A Culinary History; and Famine and Plenty: The History of Food in Europe. Beth Archer Brombert is the author of two widely acclaimed biographies: 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 a memoir of her decades of living, traveling, and cooking in Italy, Journey to the World of the Black Rooster. Her many translations from French and Italian include Italo Svevo's Senilità (Emilio's Carnival) and Erri De Luca's Tu, Mio (You, Mine).
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Introduction: Invitation to the Voyage 1. Medieval Near, Medieval Far 2. Medieval Cookbooks 3. The Grammar of Food 4. The Times of Food 5. The Aroma of Civilization: Bread 6. Hunger for Meat 7. The Ambiguous Position of Fish 8. From Milk to Cheeses 9. Condiment/Fundament: The Battle of Oil, Lard, and Butter 10. The Bread Tree 11. The Flavor of Water 12. The Civilization of Wine 13. Rich Food, Poor Food 14. Monastic Cooking 15. The Pilgrim's Food 16. The Table as a Representation of the World 17. The Fork and the Hands 18. The Taste of Knowledge Notes Bibliography Index
Introduction: Invitation to the Voyage 1. Medieval Near, Medieval Far 2. Medieval Cookbooks 3. The Grammar of Food 4. The Times of Food 5. The Aroma of Civilization: Bread 6. Hunger for Meat 7. The Ambiguous Position of Fish 8. From Milk to Cheeses 9. Condiment/Fundament: The Battle of Oil, Lard, and Butter 10. The Bread Tree 11. The Flavor of Water 12. The Civilization of Wine 13. Rich Food, Poor Food 14. Monastic Cooking 15. The Pilgrim's Food 16. The Table as a Representation of the World 17. The Fork and the Hands 18. The Taste of Knowledge Notes Bibliography Index
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"Massimo Montanari, one of the most renowned historians of cuisine, has produced a well-written volume covering a wide range of topics, from medieval recipe books to staple foodstuff. There was not one page that did not hold my complete attention." - Massimo Ciavolella, University of California, Los Angeles
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