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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778930703321

Autore

Townsend Elisabeth

Titolo

Lobster [[electronic resource] ] : a global history / / Elisabeth Townsend

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion Books, 2011

ISBN

1-280-49359-3

9786613588821

1-86189-995-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Collana

Edible

Disciplina

641.395

Soggetti

Lobsters

Lobster fisheries - History

Cooking (Lobsters)

Cooking (Lobsters) - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Lobster Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction: What is a Lobster?; 1. From Fertilizer to the Dinner Table; 2. From Main Course to Mass Market; 3. Lobster Takes Centre Stage; 4. Lobster Controversies; 5. Killing and Cooking (Humanely); 6. The Future of Lobsters; Recipes; Select Bibliography; Websites and Associations; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Other than that it tastes delicious with butter, what do you know about the knobbily-armoured, scarlet creature staring back at you from your fancy dinner plate? Food writer Elisabeth Townsend here charts the global rise of the lobster as delicacy.  Part of the Edible Series, Lobster: A Global History explores the use and consumption of the lobster from poor man's staple to cultural icon. From coastal fishing in the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution and modern times, Townsend describes the social history of the consumption of lobsters around the world.