Consuming Passions : A History of English Food and Appetite

Name: Consuming Passions : A History of English Food and Appetite
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ISBN: 9780141390666

ISBN-10: 0141390662

ISBN-13: 9780141390666

Edition: 2001

Authors: Philippa Pullar, Paula Levy

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In this history of the English appetite, Pullar charts the development of the art of cooking, drawing surprising parallels between eating habits, religion and sex.

Book details

List price: $9.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Roman Spring
Instruments of Pleasure	p. 1
From Poetry Dinners to Wanton Junketings	p. 11
Orgiastic Celebration and Holy Emaciation	p. 30
A World Apart
Man Eating Men	p. 44
A Small Reflection	p. 52
Where are the Joys of Hall?	p. 60
Mediaeval Summer
New Avenues of Satisfaction	p. 78
Manners and Mealtimes	p. 83
Spices, Strong Words and Beer for Breakfast	p. 97
Houses of Buxomness and Peace	p. 112
The British Oak of Cooking
Quickened by the Fruits of Adultery	p. 118
Pudding Time, Pepys and Puritanism	p. 123
Corporate Greed
The Misfortune of Fortunate People	p. 147
Culinary Erections	p. 157
Buttock of Beef	p. 164
A New Desire Enclosed
A Business Lubrication	p. 176
Stomachs	p. 186
Mass Evacuation	p. 201
Tarmac Winter
The Last of the Sows' Udders	p. 206
Entre deux Guerres	p. 212
Fuel not Food	p. 216
Death in the Pot	p. 226
Appendices
The Stuff of Dreams	p. 235
Recipes	p. 241
Acknowledgements	p. 263
Bibliography	p. 264
Afterword	p. 271
Index	p. 289
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