The expert cook in enlightenment France / Sean Takats.
The expert cook in enlightenment France / Sean Takats.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
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G 2013/1491
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Defining the cook -- Corrupting spaces -- Pots and pens -- Theorizing the kitchen -- The servant of medicine -- Conclusion.
Publication information
Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
Takats (history, George Mason U.) describes how 18th-century French cooks transformed themselves from domestic servants into professionals with artistic skills like other artists and health skills like doctors. They combined mechanical expertise with new theoretical perspectives on food and taste, he says, to create the modern French cooking that q...
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Full title
The expert cook in enlightenment France / Sean Takats.
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The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science, 129th series ; 2.
Includes bibliographical references (p.[179]-196) and index.
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G 2013/1491
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74VvlzNAqNN3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvlzNAqNN3
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ISBN
9781421402833 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1421402831 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
641.5944
MMS ID
991017376949702626
