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Cuisine and culture : a history of food & people / Linda Civitello.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks TX652 .C37 n.689
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Civitello, Linda.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food--History.
- Food.
- Food--Social aspects.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2004.
- Summary:
- Throughout history, food has played an important role in the development of a country's culture. This accessible, appealing book examines the relationship between food and history, from prehistoric times to the 21st century.
- Contents:
- First Course: From raw to cooked: prehistory, Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India
- Second Course: The goddess of grain and the god of the grape: ancient Greece and imperial Rome
- Third Course: Crazy bread and courtly manners: the middle ages, 500-1300
- Fourth Course: Tea, chocolate, and the printing press: Asia, the Americas, and the first cookbook, 1300-1500
- Fifth Course: The Columbian exchange: the 16th century
- Sixth Course: Thanksgiving, hutsepot, and haute cuisine: 17th-century America, the Netherlands, Russia, France
- Seventh Course: Election cake and "let them eat cake": the American and French revolutions
- Eighth Course: From coyotes to coca-cola: the 19th century in America
- Ninth Course: Sanitation, nutrition, migration: the 19th century in Europe, Asia, and Africa
- Tenth Course: The purity crusade, cuisine, classique, communal food, and prohibition: the early 20th century in the United States, Europe, and Russia
- Eleventh Course: Soup kitchens, c-rations, and TV dinners: the Depression, World War II, and the Cold War
- Twelfth Course: Revolutions in cuisines and cultures: the 1960s through the next millennium
- Recipes, menus, and ingredients
- Food fables and culinary puzzles
- Holiday history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-353) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP Historic Culinary Arts Collection.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Civitello, Linda. Cuisine and culture.
- ISBN:
- 0471202800
- 9780471202806
- OCLC:
- 51266164
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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