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Eating right in the Renaissance [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Albala Ken Visualizza persona
Titolo: Eating right in the Renaissance [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (335 p.)
Disciplina: 641.01309409031
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Soggetto topico: Food habits
Food habits - Europe - History
Gastronomy
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Spelling; Introduction; 1. Overview of the Genre; 2. The Human Body: Humors, Digestion, and the Physiology of Nutrition; 3. Food: Qualities, Substance, and Virtues; 4. External Factors; 5. Food and the Individual; 6. Food and Class; 7. Food and Nation; 8. Medicine and Cuisine; Postscript: The End of a Genre and Its Legacy; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Illustrations
Sommario/riassunto: Eating right has been an obsession for longer than we think. Renaissance Europe had its own flourishing tradition of dietary advice. Then, as now, an industry of experts churned out diet books for an eager and concerned public. Providing a cornucopia of information on food and an intriguing account of the differences between the nutritional logic of the past and our own time, this inviting book examines the wide-ranging dietary literature of the Renaissance. Ken Albala ultimately reveals the working of the Renaissance mind from a unique perspective: we come to understand a people through their
Titolo autorizzato: Eating Right in the Renaissance  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-59734-587-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780590403321
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Serie: California Studies in Food and Culture