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Food : the history of taste

Author: Paul H Freedman
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Series: California studies in food and culture, 21.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This richly illustrated book applies the discoveries of the new generation of food historians to the pleasures of dining and the culinary accomplishments of diverse civilizations, past and present. Freedman gathers essays by French, German, Belgian, American, and British historians to present a comprehensive, chronological history of taste.
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Paul H Freedman
ISBN: 9780520254763 0520254767
OCLC Number: 138342566
Notes: "Published by arrangement with Thames & Hudson Ltd., London"--T.p. verso.
Description: 368 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents: Introduction: A new history of cuisine / Paul Freedman --
Hunter-gatherers and the first farmers: the evolution of taste in prehistory / Alan K. Outram --
The good things that lay at hand: tastes of ancient Greece and Rome / Veronika Grimm --
The quest for perfect balance: taste and gastronomy in imperial China / Joanna Waley-Cohen --
The pleasures of consumption: the birth of medieval Islamic cuisine / H.D. Miller --
Feasting and fasting: food and taste in Europe in the Middle Ages / C.M. Woolgar --
New worlds, new tastes: food fashions after the Renaissance / Brian Cowan --
The birth of the modern consumer age: food innovations from 1800 / Hans J. Teuteberg --
Chefs, gourmets and gourmands: French cuisine in the 19th and 20th centuries / Alain Drouard --
Dining out: the development of the restaurant / Elliott Shore --
Novelty and tradition: the new landscape for gastronomy / Peter Scholliers.
Series Title: California studies in food and culture, 21.
Responsibility: edited by Paul Freedman.
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Explores the early repertoire of sweet tastes, and the distinctive contributions made by classical antiquity and China. This book also features the subtle, sophisticated, and varied group of food  Read more...

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"A richly illustrated historical journey examining why we've eaten what we've eaten from prehistoric times to today."--Chow "A lavishly illustrated hybrid reader and coffee-table book that provides a Read more...

 
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