Hardcover
1985 · New York
by Mennell, Stephen
New York: Basil Blackwell, 1985. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards. Near fine, in near fine dust wrapper. 380 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Addressing food, eating, taste and cooking as crucial and changing signs of our cultural and historical development. How is it that in medieval times gluttony and gorging were the preserve of the rich, who now spend money to eat less? Why, for example, have the Beverly Hills diet and 'nouvelle cuisine' replaced the banquet and feast? All Manners of Food examines methods of cooking, the history of writing about food and the history of the education of our palates. Interior, boards and dust wrapper clean and crisp. Covered in protective mylar.
(Inventory #: 4330)