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Medieval tastes : food, cooking, and the table / / Massimo Montanari ; translated by Beth Archer Brombert



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Autore: Montanari Massimo <1949-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Medieval tastes : food, cooking, and the table / / Massimo Montanari ; translated by Beth Archer Brombert Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 394.1/20940902
Soggetto topico: Food - Europe - History - To 1500
Food habits - Europe - History - To 1500
Cooking, Medieval
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Persona (resp. second.): BrombertBeth Archer
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER I. Medieval Near. Medieval Far -- CHAPTER II. Medieval Cookbooks -- CHAPTER III. The Grammar of Food -- CHAPTER IV. The Times of Food -- CHAPTER V. The Aroma of Civilization Bread -- CHAPTER VI. Hunger for Meat -- CHAPTER VII. The Ambiguous Position of Fish -- CHAPTER VIII. From Milk to Cheeses -- CHAPTER IX. Condiment/Fundament -- CHAPTER X. The Bread Tree -- CHAPTER XI. The Flavor of Water -- CHAPTER XII. The Civilization of Wine -- CHAPTER XIII. Rich Food. Poor Food -- CHAPTER XIV. Monastic Cooking -- CHAPTER XV. The Pilgrim's Food -- CHAPTER XVI. The Table as a Representation of the World -- CHAPTER XVII. The Fork and the Hands -- CHAPTER XVIII. The Taste of Knowledge -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
Sommario/riassunto: In his new history of food, acclaimed historian Massimo Montanari traces the development of medieval tastes-both culinary and cultural-from raw materials to market and captures their reflections in today's food trends. Tying the ingredients of our diet evolution to the growth of human civilization, he immerses readers in the passionate debates and bold inventions that transformed food from a simple staple to a potent factor in health and a symbol of social and ideological standing. Montanari returns to the prestigious Salerno school of medicine, the "mother of all medical schools," to plot the theory of food that took shape in the twelfth century. He reviews the influence of the Near Eastern spice routes, which introduced new flavors and cooking techniques to European kitchens, and reads Europe's earliest cookbooks, which took cues from old Roman practices that valued artifice and mixed flavors. Dishes were largely low-fat, and meats and fish were seasoned with vinegar, citrus juices, and wine. He highlights other dishes, habits, and battles that mirror contemporary culinary identity, including the refinement of pasta, polenta, bread, and other flour-based foods; the transition to more advanced cooking tools and formal dining implements; the controversy over cooking with oil, lard, or butter; dietary regimens; and the consumption and cultural meaning of water and wine. As people became more cognizant of their physicality, individuality, and place in the cosmos, Montanari shows, they adopted a new attitude toward food, investing as much in its pleasure and possibilities as in its acquisition.
Titolo autorizzato: Medieval tastes  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-231-53908-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910463720303321
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Serie: Arts and traditions of the table.