Food: The History of Taste Thames&Hudson 9780500295373 Surveys

Surveys the history of changing tastes in food and fine dining – what was available for people to eat, and how it was prepared and served – from prehistory to the present day. Since earliest times food has encompassed so much more than just what we eat – whole societies can be revealed and analysed by their cusines. In this wide-ranging book, leading historians from Europe and America piece together from a myriad sources the culinary accomplishments of diverse civilizations, past and present, and the pleasures of dining. Ten chapters cover the food and taste of the hunter-gatherers and first farmers of Prehistory
the rich Mediterranean cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome
the development of gastronomy in Imperial China
Medieval Islamic cuisine
European food in the Middle Ages
the decisive changes in food fashions after the Renaissance
the effect of the Industrial Revolution on what people ate
the rise to dominance of French cuisine in the 19th and 20th centuries
the evolution of the restaurant
the contemporary situation where everything from slow to fast food vies for our attention. Throughout, the entertaining story of worldwide food traditions provides the ideal backdrop to today’s roaming the globe for great gastronomic experiences.

Магазин: Podpisnie

ISBN: 9780500295373
Язык: Английский
Объем: 368
Формат: 129x198,Мягкий
Издательство: THAMES & HUDSON
Год: 2019
Количество страниц: 368
Переплет: Мягкий
Count: 1
Год публикации: 2019