Food in HistorySurveys the evolution of man's diverse gastronomic habits, customs, and traditions against their cultural and historical background. |
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User Review - KVHardy - LibraryThingI read this book a few years ago (softcover book), and it sits as a treasured book in my collection (I'd like to have a hard cover of it one day). This is a fantastic reference book. It begins where ... Read full review
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User Review - stevejwales - LibraryThingMy first Folio Society book and a fascinating one detailing the changes in diet, hunting/gathering/farming of food and its preparation and cooking from pre-history to the beginning of the 21st century ... Read full review
Contents
Maps | 7 |
Introduction New Worlds and New Foods | 236 |
The Americas | 244 |
Copyright | |
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Africa agriculture almond milk almonds American animal Apicius Arabs asafetida Asia Athenaeus Baghdad barley Basil Davidson beans became beef beer began boiled bread British Museum butter cattle century B.C. charqui cheese China Chinese cinnamon cookbooks cooking courtesy crop cuisine cultivation cyclamates developed diet discovered dishes dried drink early East Egypt England Europe European fermented fish flavor flour France fresh fruit frumenty grain Greece Greek honey Ibid India juice kitchen kumiss land later London maize meal meat medieval merchants milk millennium b.c. mutton neolithic neolithic revolution nineteenth century nomads northern Paris peasant pease pudding pepper plants population pork potatoes pounds prehistoric probably protein Quoted recipes rice rich roast Roman Rome salt sauce seeds sheep silphium sometimes soup spices sugar Sumer supply taste techniques tion towns trade Trustees tury vegetables vitamins wheat wild wine
Bibliographic information
| Title | Food in History A Scarborough book |
| Author | Reay Tannahill |
| Publisher | Stein and Day, 1973 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | Feb 19, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0812814371, 9780812814378 |
| Length | 448 pages |
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