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Food in medieval times / Melitta Weiss Adamson.
LIBRA TX641 .A33 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adamson, Melitta Weiss.
- Series:
- Food through history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooking, Medieval.
- Cooking--Europe--History.
- Cooking.
- Diet--history.
- Food--history.
- Cooking--history.
- Feeding Behavior.
- History, Medieval.
- History.
- Europe.
- Medical Subjects:
- Diet--history.
- Food--history.
- Cooking--history.
- Feeding Behavior.
- History, Medieval.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Cookbooks.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Penman, Sharon Kay (donor) (Van Pelt copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- regular print
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- New light is shed on everyday life in the middle ages in Great Britain and continental Europe through this unique survey of its food culture. Students and other readers will learn about the common foodstuffs available, how and what they cooked, ate, and drank, what the regional cuisines were like, how the different classes entertained and celebrated, and what restrictions they followed for health and faith reasons. Fascinating information is provided, such as on imitation food, kitchen humor, and medical ideas. Many period recipes and quotations flesh out the narrative.
- Contents:
- Foodstuffs
- Food preparation
- Cuisines by region
- Eating habits and food ideas
- Food and religion
- Concepts of diet and nutrition.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Given to the Penn Libraries by Sharon Kay Penman.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Adamson, Melitta Weiss. Food in medieval times.
- ISBN:
- 0313321477
- 9780313321474
- 9780313361760
- 0313361762
- OCLC:
- 55738647
- Publisher Number:
- 9780313321474
- Online:
- Book review (E-STREAMS)
- Contributor biographical information
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