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Summary

A complete history of food from prehistoric times to the present, offering all kinds of insight on such topics as the real origins of pasta, what the original recipe for chocolate consisted of, and at what point in history people began dining at regular hours. Softcover. DLC: Food--History.

Table of Contents

Preface xv
Albert Sonnenfeld
Introduction to the Original Edition 1(12)
Jean-Louis Flandrin
Massimo Montanari
PART ONE PREHISTORY AND EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
Introduction The Humanization of Eating Behaviors
13(8)
Jean-Louis Flandrin
Feeding Strategies in Prehistoric Times
21(11)
Catherine Perles
The Social Function of Banquets in the Earliest Civilizations
32(6)
Francis Joannes
Food Culture in Ancient Egypt
38(8)
Edda Bresciani
Biblical Reasons: The Dietary Rules of the Ancient Hebrews
46(9)
Jean Soler
The Phoenicians and the Carthaginians: The Early Mediterranean Diet
55(24)
Antonella Spano Giammellaro
PART TWO THE CLASSICAL WORLD
Introduction Food Systems and Models of Civilization
69(10)
Massimo Montanari
Urban and Rural Diets in Greece
79(11)
Marie-Claire Amouretti
Greek Meals: A Civic Ritual
90(6)
Pauline Schmitt-Pantel
The Culture of the Symposium
96(10)
Massimo Vetta
The Diet of the Etruscans
106(7)
Giuseppe Sassatelli
The Grammar of Roman Dining
113(15)
Florence Dupont
The Broad Bean and the Moray: Social Hierarchies and Food in Rome
128(13)
Mireille Corbier
Diet and Medicine in the Ancient World
141(12)
Innocenzo Mazzini
The Food of Others
153(15)
Oddone Longo
PART THREE FROM THE LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD TO THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES (5TH--10TH CENTURIES)
Introduction Romans, Barbarians, Christians: The Dawn of European Food Culture
165(3)
Massimo Montanari
Production Structures and Food Systems in the Early Middle Ages
168(10)
Massimo Montanari
Peasants, Warriors, Priests: Images of Society and Styles of Diet
178(16)
Massimo Montanari
PART FOUR WESTERNERS AND OTHERS
Introduction Food Models and Cultural Identity
189(5)
Massimo Montanari
Christians of the East: Rules and Realities of the Byzantine Diet
194(13)
Ewald Kislinger
Arab Cuisine and Its Contribution to European Culture
207(17)
Bernard Rosenberger
Mediterranean Jewish Diet and Traditions in the Middle Ages
224(27)
Miguel-Angel Motis Dolader
PART FIVE THE LATE MIDDLE AGES (11TH--14TH CENTURIES)
Introduction Toward a New Dietary Balance
247(4)
Massimo Montanari
Society, Food, and Feudalism
251(17)
Antoni Riera-Melis
Self-Sufficiency and the Market: Rural and Urban Diet in the Middle Ages
268(7)
Alfio Cortonesi
Food Trades
275(12)
Francoise Desportes
The Origins of Public Hosterlries in Europe
287(8)
Hans Conrad Peyer
Medieval Cooking
295(7)
Bruno Laurioux
Food and Social Classes in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy
302(11)
Allen J. Grieco
Seasoning, Cooking, and Dietetics in the Late Middle Ages
313(15)
Jean-Louis Flandrin
``Mind Your Manners'': Etiquette at the Table
328(11)
Daniela Romagnoli
From Hearth to Table: Late Medieval Cooking Equipment
339(35)
Francoise Piponnier
PART SIX THE EUROPE OF NATION-STATES (15TH--18TH CENTURIES)
Introduction The Early Modern Period
349(25)
Jean-Louis Flandrin
Growing Without Knowing Why: Production, Demographics, and Diet
374(9)
Michel Morineau
Colonial Beverages and the Consumption of Sugar
383(11)
Alain Huetz de Lemps
Printing the Kitchen: French Cookbooks, 1480--1800
394(9)
Philip Hyman
Mary Hyman
Dietary Choices and Culinary Technique, 1500--1800
403(15)
Jean-Louis Flandrin
From Dietetics to Gastronomy: The Liberation of the Gourmet
418(24)
Jean-Louis Flandrin
PART SEVEN THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD (19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES)
Introduction From Industrial Revolution to Industrial Food
435(7)
Jean-Louis Flandrin
The Transformation of the European Diet
442(15)
Hans Jurgen Teuteberg
Jean-Louis Flandrin
The Invasion of Foreign Foods
457(14)
Yves Pehaut
The Rise of the Restaurant
471(10)
Jean-Robert Pitte
The Food Industry and New Preservation Techniques
481(11)
Giorgio Pedrocco
The Taste for Canned and Preserved Food
492(8)
Alberto Capatti
The Emergence of Regional Cuisines
500(16)
Julia Csergo
The Perils of Abundance: Food, Health, and Morality in American History
516(14)
Harvey A. Levenstein
The ``McDonaldization'' of Culture
530(18)
Claude Fischler
Conclusion Today and Tomorrow 548(7)
Jean-Louis Flandrin
Massimo Montanari
Index 555

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