Near a Thousand Tables - 9780743227407
Un libro in lingua di Fernandez Felipe Armesto edito da Free Pr, 2003
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In Near a Thousand Tables, acclaimed food historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto tells the fascinating story of food as cultural as well as culinary history -- a window on the history of mankind.
In this "appetizingly provocative" (Los Angeles Times) book, he guides readers through the eight great revolutions in the world history of food: the origins of cooking, which set humankind on a course apart from other species; the ritualization of eating, which brought magic and meaning into people's relationship with what they ate; the inception of herding and the invention of agriculture, perhaps the two greatest revolutions of all; the rise of inequality, which led to the development of haute cuisine; the long-range trade in food which, practically alone, broke down cultural barriers; the ecological exchanges, which revolutionized the global distribution of plants and livestock; and, finally, the industrialization and globalization of mass-produced food.
From prehistoric snail "herding" to Roman banquets to Big Macs to genetically modified tomatoes, Near a Thousand Tables is a full-course meal of extraordinary narrative, brilliant insight, and fascinating explorations that will satisfy the hungriest of readers.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Near a Thousand Tables
- Sottotitolo: A History of Food
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Fernandez Felipe Armesto
- Editore: Free Pr
- Collana: Free Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Agosto '03
- Genere: COOKING
- Argomenti : Food History
- Pagine: 258
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 139 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0743227409
- EAN-13: 9780743227407