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Spice : the history of a temptation

著者: Jack Turner
出版商: New York : Knopf, ©2004.
版本/格式:   图书 : 英语 : 1st ed查看所有的版本和格式
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"Spice: The History of a Temptation is a history of the spice trade told not in the conventional narrative of politics and economics, nor of conquest and colonization, but through the intimate human impulses that inspired and drove it. Here is an exploration of the centuries-old desire for spice in food, in medicine, in magic, in religion, and in sex - and of the allure of forbidden fruit lingering in the scents of  再读一些...
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附加的形体格式: Online version:
Turner, Jack.
Spice.
New York : Knopf, c2004
(OCoLC)607371649
Online version:
Turner, Jack.
Spice.
New York : Knopf, c2004
(OCoLC)629932868
材料类型: 互联网资源
文件类型: 书, 互联网资源
所有的著者/提供者: Jack Turner
ISBN: 0375407219 9780375407215
OCLC号码: 53814621
描述: xxiv, 352 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
内容: Introduction : the idea of spice --
I. The spice race --
1. The spice seekers --
The taste that launched a thousand ships --
Christians and spices --
Debate and stryfe between the Spanyardes and Portugales --
The scent of paradise --
II. Palate --
2. Ancient appetites --
The aromanauts --
Of spiced parrot and stuffed dormice --
Spice for Trimalchio --
Decline, fall, survival --
3. Medieval Europe --
The flavors of Cockayne --
Salt, maggots, and rot? --
The regicidal lamprey and the deadly beaver --
Keeping up with the Percys --
III. Body --
4. The spice of life --
The pharaoh's nose --
Abbot Eberhard's complaint --
Pox, pestilence, and pomanders --
5. The spice of love --
"When tendre youthe hath wedded stoupyng age" --
Hot stuff --
Spice girls --
Afterword ; or, How to make a small penis splendid --
IV. Spirit --
6. Food of the gods --
Holy smoke --
God's nostrils --
Odors of sanctity --
Old age, new age --
7. Some like it bland --
Saint Bernard's family tiff --
Filthy lucre --
Epilogue : the end of the spice age.
责任: Jack Turner.
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"Spice: The History of a Temptation is a history of the spice trade told not in the conventional narrative of politics and economics, nor of conquest and colonization, but through the intimate human impulses that inspired and drove it. Here is an exploration of the centuries-old desire for spice in food, in medicine, in magic, in religion, and in sex - and of the allure of forbidden fruit lingering in the scents of cinnamon, pepper, ginger, nutmeg, mace, and clove." "We follow spices back through time, through history, myth, archaeology, and literature. We see spices in all their diversity, lauded as love potions and aphrodisiacs, as panaceas and defenses against the plague. We journey from religious rituals in which spices were employed to dispel demons and summon gods to prodigies of gluttony both fantastical and real. We see spices as a luxury for a medieval king's ostentation, as a mummy's deodorant, as the last word in haute cuisine." "Through examining the temptations of spice we follow in the trails of the spice seekers leading from the deserts of ancient Syria to thrill-seekers on the Internet. We discover how spice became one of the first and most enduring links between Asia and Europe. We see in the pepper we use so casually the relic of a tradition linking us to the appetites of Rome, Elizabethan England, and the pharaohs. And we capture the pleasure of spice not only at the table but in every part of life."--Jacket.

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