Food & Cooking, & Diet

ISBN: 9781903018460
Published by : Prospect Books
The conventionally held historical view is that the distillation of wine was invented in the mid twelfth century by scholars at Salerno. This book contends that the process has a much more ancient history starting with Dionysian mystery cults ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781903018385
Published by : Prospect Books
In an attempt to `rescue many fair friends from such domestic suffering' when faced with an onslaught of dinner guuests, Catherine Dickens wrote a pamphlet of suggested menus for meals and selected recipes. Dinner for Dickens publishes a tran... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780752434452
Published by : Tempus Publishing Ltd
This multidisciplinary book explores the social practice of dining over 2000 years, examining the archaeological, documentary, material culture, and art historical evidence for the consumption of food and drink in various historical, social, and c... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781850748724
Published by : English Heritage
Including over thirty recipes from the 17th century, this book also reveals the turbulent history of this troubled time when the country cast off its medieval traditons. It describes how new and more sophisticated tastes were reflected in the d... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781850748717
Published by : English Heritage
Britain was at its most healthy during the days of rationing as people were forced to think about everything they put in their mouths. This new book in the Cooking Through the Ages series looks at the history behind rationing and its impact on ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780750938365
Published by : Sutton Publishing Ltd
This book is the Anglicised version of the American Pharaoh's Feast , with cups translated into grams and other measures or names translated wherever possible. The rest of the book, however, is unchanged and represents the culmination of a cooki... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780520229471
Published by : University of California Press
Dietary fads, obsessions with fibre and low cholesterol are not new. The Renaissance saw a major out-pouring of literature on food, diets, food linked to medicine, to exercise and sex, across Europe. Ken Albala draws on a range of historical so... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780231124423
Published by : Columbia University Press
The fact that pasta originated in Italy is no surprise, but the history of pasta in China is an altogether different culinary story. `The Chinese became masters at transforming a great variety of starchy species of plants into pasta products', ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780231111546
Published by : Columbia University Press
This large volume brings together forty chapters tracing the development of culinary and eating habits from prehistoric times to the modern-day trend of `McDonaldization'. Each chapter focuses on a particular period and/or a particular area: M... .... Learn More