Bread and Oil Majorcan Culture's Last Stand

Name: Bread and Oil Majorcan Culture's Last Stand
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ISBN: 9780299179908

ISBN-10: 0299179907

ISBN-13: 9780299179908

Edition: 2002

Authors: Tomas Graves

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Coarse bread bathed in olive oil, then rubbed with tomato or garlic and salt, is common to all the Mediterranean cultures from France to Algeria, from Morocco to Greece. On the island of Majorca, it is known as pa amb oli, bread and oil. Tomás Graves takes this healthy peasant staple as a starting point to explore not only Mediterranean cooking, agriculture, and traditions but also the historical crosscurrents that have rescued this simple dish from disappearing along with a way of life that had remained essentially unchanged since Roman times. Pa amb oli has come to symbolize for Majorcans all that is still honest and valid in the island, which became a major tourist destination in the…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 8/26/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English