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Capatti, Alberto, 1944-
Call Number
641.594509 21
Publication Date
2003
Summary
This magnificent new book demonstrates the development of a distinctive, unified culinary tradition throughout the Italian peninsula. Thematically organized and beautifully illustrated, Italian Cuisine is a rich history of the ingredients, dishes, techniques, and social customs behind the Italian food we know and love today.
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Montanari, Massimo, 1949-
Call Number
641.3 22
Publication Date
2006
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Explores the premise that everything having to do with food - its capture, cultivation, preparation, and consumption - represents a cultural act. Provides insights into many patterns of culinary behavior and tradition.
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Montanari, Massimo, 1949-
Call Number
394.120945 MON
Publication Date
2013
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Another entertaining and surprising food history by the scholar who has come to define the discipline, this volume draws readers into the far-flung story of how regional cuisine came to shape a collective Italian identity. From the Romans' encounters with barbarian tribes to the revival and reinvention of local Italian cooking in the twentieth century, Massimo Montanari shows how regional food practices flavored the nation's political and cultural making over time.The fusion of ancient Roman cuisine, which consisted of bread, wine, and olives, with the barbarian diet, rooted in br
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Montanari, Massimo, 1949-
Call Number
641.3 MON
Publication Date
2006
Summary
"Food Is Culture explores the innovative premise that everything having to do with food - its capture, cultivation, preparation, and consumption - represents a cultural act. Even the "choices" made by primitive hunters and gatherers were determined by a culture of economics (availability) and medicine (digestibility and nutrition) that led to the development of specific social structures and traditions."--BOOK JACKET.
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