Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and PeopleCuisine and Culture presents a multicultural and multiethnic approach that draws connections between major historical events and how and why these events affected and defined the culinary traditions of different societies. Witty and engaging, Civitello shows how history has shaped our diet--and how food has affected history. Prehistoric societies are explored all the way to present day issues such as genetically modified foods and the rise of celebrity chefs. Civitello's humorous tone and deep knowledge are the perfect antidote to the usual scholarly and academic treatment of this universally important subject. |
Contents
Chronologies | 4 |
The Fertile Crescent | 5 |
The Nile River | 13 |
The Indus River | 21 |
BigosPolish Stew 300 | 28 |
Olive | 34 |
WineAncient | 42 |
Who Was Apicius? | 48 |
Election Day | 173 |
St Lucias Day December 13 | 190 |
Bastille Day July 14 | 206 |
iii | 219 |
Christmas December 25 | 223 |
Testicle Festivals | 234 |
Columbus Day October 12 | 240 |
St Patricks Day March 17 | 246 |
Feed a Cold Starve a Fever | 62 |
Imam Bayaldi Holy Man Fainted | 70 |
Coffee | 72 |
The Late Middle Ages in Europe | 74 |
The Poison Taster | 80 |
Famines and Ergotism Epidemics | 86 |
Potato | 97 |
Explorations | 120 |
Mole Myths | 124 |
Sugar | 131 |
Spices and Rotten Meat | 141 |
Squanto and Fish Fertilizer | 155 |
A New People and a New Cuisine | 167 |
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