All Manners of Food : Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the Present

Name: All Manners of Food : Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the Present
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ISBN: 9780631156383

ISBN-10: 0631156380

ISBN-13: 9780631156383

Edition: 1985

Authors: Stephen Mennell

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Garnished with pictures, anecdotes, & recipes from an enormous range of sources - including medieval codices, the classic nineteenth-century treatises on haute cuisine, modern guides to household management, & the recipe columns of today's women's magazines.

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Language: English

Norbert Elias was Professor Emeritus at the University of Frankfurt until his death in 1990. He taught for many years at the University of Leicester in England and is the author of a number of books, including The Civilizing Processand What is Sociology?

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
The Civilising of Appetite	p. 20
Pottages and Potlatch: Eating in the Middle Ages	p. 40
From Renaissance to Revolution: Court and Country Food	p. 62
From Renaissance to Revolution: France and England - Some Possible Explanations	p. 102
The Calling of Cooking: Chefs and their Publics since the Revolution	p. 134
The Calling of Cooking: The Trade Press	p. 166
Domestic Cookery in the Bourgeois Age	p. 200
The Enlightenment of the Domestic Cook?	p. 230
Of Gastronomes and Guides	p. 266
Food Dislikes	p. 291
Diminishing Contrasts, Increasing Varieties	p. 317
Afterword	p. 333
Notes	p. 347
Bibliography	p. 369
Index	p. 389
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