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Montanari, Massimo, 1949-
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Food -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Food habits -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Cooking, Medieval.
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Medieval tastes : fo...
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Medieval tastes : food, cooking, and the table / Massimo Montanari ; translated by Beth Archer Brombert.
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Montanari, Massimo, 1949-
New York : Columbia University Press, c2015.
Subjects
Food -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Food habits -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Cooking, Medieval.
ISBN:
9780231167864
0231167865
Series:
Arts and traditions of the table.
Description:
267 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Introduction : Invitation to the voyage -- Medieval near, medieval far -- Medieval cookbooks -- The grammar of food -- The times of food -- The aroma of civilization : bread -- Hunger for meat -- The ambiguous position of fish -- From milk to cheeses -- Condiment/fundament : the battle between oil, lard, and butter -- The bread tree -- The flavor of water -- The civilization of wine -- Rich food, poor food -- Monastic cooking -- The pilgrim's food -- The table as a representation of the world -- The fork and the hands -- The taste of knowledge.
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"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."--Jacket.
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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
394.12094 Mo
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06/13/2024
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Adult Nonfiction
394.12094 Mo
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Adult Nonfiction
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