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Medieval tastes : food, cooking, and the table / Massimo Montanari ; translated by Beth Archer Brombert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Montanari, Massimo, 1949- author.
- Series:
- Arts and traditions of the table
- Arts and traditions of the table: perspectives on culinary history
- Standardized Title:
- Gusti del Medioevo. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Food--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Food.
- Food habits--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Food habits.
- Cooking, Medieval.
- History.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Gusti del Medioevo.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780231167864
- 0231167865
- OCLC:
- 881498669
- Publisher Number:
- 40024730080
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