"When did the custom of meals served at regular hours begin? At what time did humankind rise to the table and commence eating with individual plates and utensills? Since when have we begun to speak of "cusine" and to judge our foods, their methods of preparation and manner of co…
"When did the custom of meals served at regular hours begin? At what time did humankind rise to the table and commence eating with individual plates and utensills? Since when have we begun to speak of "cusine" and to judge our foods, their methods of preparation and manner of co…
"When did the custom of meals served at regular hours begin? At what time did humankind rise to the table and commence eating with individual plates and utensills? Since when have we begun to speak of "cusine" and to judge our foods, their methods of preparation and manner of co…
First published in 2013. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
This text traces the history of food and famine in Ireland. The authors explore the economic and social forces which have lain behind changes in diet, as well as the more personal motives of taste, preference, and nutrition.
Introduction: Exploring the materiality of food "stuffs" : transformations, embodiment and ritualized consumption / Louise Steel and Katharina Zinn -- Part One. Transformations -- From raw resources to food processing : archaeobotanical and ethnographic insights from New Kingdom…
Scope and content: "People's embodied engagement with food and the material culture of food are central to their daily experiences and their sense of identity. This book builds upon the existing dialogue of the materiality of food by the novel addition of the material culture of…
"People's embodied engagement with food and the material culture of food are central to their daily experiences and their sense of identity. This book builds upon the existing dialogue of the materiality of food by the novel addition of the material culture of food (objects used…
"People's embodied engagement with food and the material culture of food are central to their daily experiences and their sense of identity. This book builds upon the existing dialogue of the materiality of food by the novel addition of the material culture of food (objects used…
"People's embodied engagement with food and the material culture of food are central to their daily experiences and their sense of identity. This book builds upon the existing dialogue of the materiality of food by the novel addition of the material culture of food (objects used…
"People's embodied engagement with food and the material culture of food are central to their daily experiences and their sense of identity. This book builds upon the existing dialogue of the materiality of food by the novel addition of the material culture of food (objects used…
In this major new history of English food, Clarissa Dickson Wright takes the reader on a journey from the time of the Second Crusade and the feasts of medieval kings to the cuisine - both good and bad - of the present day. She looks at the shifting influences on the national die…
In this major new history of English food, Clarissa Dickson Wright takes the reader on a journey from the time of the Second Crusade and the feasts of medieval kings to the cuisine - both good and bad - of the present day. She looks at the shifting influences on the national die…
Beginnings : who were the first monks? -- Desert fathers, pillar-saints and fasting -- The 'hermit craze' of the Middle Ages -- Herbs and health -- From field to table : the medieval monastic experience -- Medieval diets : the food landscape. How did medieval hermits survive on…
