Title:
Medieval tastes : food, cooking, and the table / Massimo Montanari ; translated by Beth Archer Brombert.
Author:
Montanari, Massimo, 1949- author.
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Call Number:
TX351 .M6613 2015
ISBN:
9780231167864
Series:
Arts and traditions of the table: perspectives on culinary history
Arts and traditions of the table.
Physical Description:
vi, 267 pages ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Translation of: Gusti del Medioevo.
Contents:
Medieval near, medieval far -- Medieval cookbooks -- The grammar of food -- The times of food -- The aroma of civilization : bread -- Hunger for meat -- The ambiguous position of fish -- From milk to cheeses -- Condiment/fundament : the battle between oil, lard, and butter -- The bread tree -- The flavor of water -- The civilization of wine -- Rich food, poor food -- Monastic cooking -- The pilgrim's food -- The table as a representation of the world -- The fork and the hands -- The taste of knowledge.
Uniform Title:
Gusti del Medioevo. English
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