Medieval Tastes Food, Cooking, and the Table |
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| Author:
| Montanari, Massimo |
| Translator:
| Brombert, Beth Archer |
| Series title: | Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-16786-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2015 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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Italy's best-known food historian travels back to the birth of "modern" cuisine and reveals the remarkable links between medieval tastes and our own. Massimo Montanari traces the development of medieval tastes--both culinary and cultural--and details how food transformed from a simple staple to a symbol of social and ideological standing.
Italy's best-known food historian travels back to the birth of "modern" cuisine and reveals the remarkable links between medieval tastes and our own. Massimo Montanari traces the development of medieval tastes--both culinary and cultural--and details how food transformed from a simple staple to a symbol of social and ideological standing.