A history of food / Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat ; translated by Anthea Bell

Author:: Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne, 1926-
Uniform Title:: Histoire naturelle & morale de la nourriture. English
Published:: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Edition:: New expanded ed.
Physical Description:: xx, 756 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

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Contents:

Collecting gathering hunting -- Stock-breeding arable farming: meat, milk, cereals -- The three sacramental foods: oil, bread, wine -- The economy of the markets -- Luxury foods -- The era of the merchants -- New needs: sugar, chocolate, coffee, tea -- Orchards and kitchen gardens -- Science and conscience in the diet.

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ISBN:

9781405181198 (hdbk.) and 1405181192 (hdbk.)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 723-732) and index.

Source of Acquisition:

UP-PAT copy no. 2: Gift from Alexis Kukuka in memory of Jessica Conkling; 2009.

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