Culture of the Fork: A Brief History of Everyday Food and Haute Cuisine in Europe by Rebora, Giovanni

Culture of the Fork: A Brief History of Everyday Food and Haute Cuisine in Europe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780231121507)

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Culture of the Fork: A Brief History of Everyday Food and Haute Cuisine in Europe by Rebora, Giovanni

Culture of the Fork: A Brief History of Everyday Food and Haute Cuisine in Europe

$40.00
Culture of the Fork: A Brief History of Everyday Food and Haute Cuisine in Europe by Rebora, Giovanni

Culture of the Fork: A Brief History of Everyday Food and Haute Cuisine in Europe

$40.00
Format: Hardcover
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We know where he went, what he wrote, and even what he wore, but what in the world did Christopher Columbus eat? The Renaissance and the age of discovery introduced Europeans to exotic cultures, mores, manners, and ideas. Along with the cross-cultural exchange of Old and New World, East and West, came new foodstuffs, preparations, and flavors. That kitchen revolution led to the development of new utensils and table manners. Some of the impact is still felt--and tasted--today.

Giovanni Rebora has crafted an elegant and accessible history filled with fascinating information and illustrations. He discusses the availability of resources, how people kept from starving in the winter, how they farmed, how tastes developed and changed, what the lower classes ate, and what the aristocracy enjoyed.

The book is divided into brief chapters covering the history of bread, soups, stuffed pastas, the use of salt, cheese, meat, fish, fruits and vegetables, the arrival of butter, the quest for sugar, new world foods, setting the table, and beverages, including wine and tea. A special appendix, "A Meal with Columbus," includes a mini-anthology of recipes from the countries where he lived: Italy, Portugal, Spain, and England.

Entertaining and enlightening, Culture of the Fork will interest scholars of history and gastronomy--and everyone who eats.

Author: Giovanni Rebora
ISBN-10: 0231121504
ISBN-13: 9780231121507
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2001
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.32h x 5.27w x 0.82d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2001 pg. 1343
Publishers Weekly 10/15/2001 pg. 54
Booklist 11/15/2001 pg. 529
Choice 03/01/2002 pg. 1260
By Giovanni Rebora
By Giovanni Rebora
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Giovanni Rebora is professor of economic history and chair of the Department of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Genoa. In 1983 he organized the First International Convention on the History of Culture and Food. In 1992 he edited Columbus at Table and has published Medieval Italian Cuisine Between East and West.Albert Sonnenfeld is Chevalier Professor of French and Comparative Literatures at the University of Southern California and is a longtime member of the National Board of Directors of the American Institute of Wine and Food. He is the English-language editor of Food: A Culinary History and a frequent contributor on culinary topics to such publications as The Languages of Wine and Food and Ideology.

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