Food is culture / Massimo Montanari ; translated from the Italian by Albert Sonnenfeld.
Food is culture / Massimo Montanari ; translated from the Italian by Albert Sonnenfeld.
Food is culture / Massimo Montanari ; translated from the Italian by Albert Sonnenfeld.
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New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.
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N641.3/60
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Language
English
Italian
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
Creating one's own food -- Nature and culture -- Even nature is culture -- Playing with time (and climate) -- Playing with space -- Conflicts -- The invention of cuisine -- Fire > cooking > kitchen > cuisine > civilization -- Writing cuisine and oral cooking -- Anticuisine -- Roasted and boiled -- P...
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2006.
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Summary
"Food Is Culture explores the innovative premise that everything having to do with food - its capture, cultivation, preparation, and consumption - represents a cultural act. Even the "choices" made by primitive hunters and gatherers were determined by a culture of economics (availability) and medicine (digestibility and nutrition) that led to the d...
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Food is culture / Massimo Montanari ; translated from the Italian by Albert Sonnenfeld.
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Arts and traditions of the table.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N641.3/60
Record Identifier
74VKJVlVyX8Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJVlVyX8Z
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ISBN
0231510780 (electronic : alk. paper)
9780231137904 (hard cover : alk. paper)
0231137907 (hard cover : alk. paper)
9780231510783 (electronic : alk. paper)
DDC
641.3
MMS ID
991022182899702626
