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

• Autore: Townsend Elisabeth
• Pubblicazione: London, : Reaktion Books, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (146 p.)
• Disciplina: 641.395
• Soggetto topico: Lobsters; Lobster fisheries - History; Cooking (Lobsters); Cooking (Lobsters) - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lobster
• ISBN: 1-280-49359-3; 9786613588821; 1-86189-995-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457904703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Edible.