Eating right in the Renaissance / Ken Albala.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albala, Ken, 1964-

Series:

California series in food and culture ; 2.

California series in food and culture ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Europe--History.

Food habits.

Gastronomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

Summary:

Eating right has been an obsession for longer than we think. Renaissance Europe had its own flourishing tradition of dietary advice. Then, as now, an industry of experts churned out diet books for an eager and concerned public. Providing a cornucopia of information on food and an intriguing account of the differences between the nutritional logic of the past and our own time, this inviting book examines the wide-ranging dietary literature of the Renaissance. Ken Albala ultimately reveals the working of the Renaissance mind from a unique perspective: we come to understand a people through their

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Spelling; Introduction; 1. Overview of the Genre; 2. The Human Body: Humors, Digestion, and the Physiology of Nutrition; 3. Food: Qualities, Substance, and Virtues; 4. External Factors; 5. Food and the Individual; 6. Food and Class; 7. Food and Nation; 8. Medicine and Cuisine; Postscript: The End of a Genre and Its Legacy; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Illustrations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-308) and index.

Other Format:

9780520927285

ISBN:

1597345873

9781597345873

9780520927285

0520927281

OCLC:

568094061