Medieval Tastes: Food, Cooking, and the Table 9780231539081

Acclaimed historian Massimo Montanari traces the development of medieval tastes—both culinary and cultural—from raw mate

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Table of contents :
Table of Contents
Introduction: Invitation to the Voyage
1. Medieval Near, Medieval Far
2. Medieval Cookbooks
3. The Grammar of Food
4. The Times of Food
5. The Aroma of Civilization: Bread
6. Hunger for Meat
7. The Ambiguous Position of Fish
8. From Milk to Cheeses
9. Condiment/Fundament: The Battle of Oil, Lard, and Butter
10. The Bread Tree
11. The Flavor of Water
12. The Civilization of Wine
13. Rich Food, Poor Food
14. Monastic Cooking
15. The Pilgrim’s Food
16. The Table as a Representation of the World
17. The Fork and the Hands
18. The Taste of Knowledge
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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Medieval Tastes

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ARTS AND TRADITIONS OF THE TABLE : PERSPECTIVES ON CULINARY HISTORY

Albert Sonnenfeld, Series Editor For the list of titles in this series, see page 269.

Medieval Tastes

Food, Cooking, and the Table

Massimo Montanari TRANSLATED BY BETH ARCHER BROMBERT

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Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex Copyright © 2012 Gius, Laterza & Figli. All rights reserved. Published by arrangement with Marco Vigevani Agenzia Letteraria Translation copyright © 2015 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Montanari, Massimo, 1949- [Gusti del Medioevo. English] Medieval Tastes : food, cooking, and the table / Massimo Montanari ; translated by Beth Archer Brombert. pages cm Translation of: Gusti del Medioevo. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-231-16786-4 (cloth : alk. paper)—978-0-231-53908-1 (ebook) 1. Food–Europe–History–To 1500. 2. Food habits–Europe–History–To 1500. 3. Cooking, Medieval. I. Title. TX351.M6613 2015 394.1'20940902–dc23 2014023679

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