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

Description

Product ID:	9780252064906
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	US
Title:	All Manners of Food
Subtitle:	Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the Present
Authors:	Author: Stephen Mennell
Page Count:	408
Subjects:	Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, Cookery / food and drink / food writing, Cookery / food & drink etc, England
Description:	So close geographically, how could France and England be so enormously far apart gastronomically? Not just in different recipes and ways of cooking, but in their underlying attitudes toward the enjoyment of eating and its place in social life. In a new afterword that draws the United States and other European countries into the food fight, Stephen Mennell also addresses the rise of Asian influence and "multicultural" cuisine. Debunking myths along the way, All Manners of Food is a sweeping look at how social and political development has helped to shape different culinary cultures. Food and almost everything to do with food, fasting and gluttony, cookbooks, women's magazines, chefs and cooks, types of foods, the influential difference between "court" and "country" food are comprehensively explored and tastefully presented in a dish that will linger in the memory long after the plates have been cleared.
Imprint Name:	University of Illinois Press
Publisher Name:	University of Illinois Press
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	1995-12-01

Weight	604 g
Dimensions	228 × 154 × 26 mm