Author: BOBER, PHYLLIS PRAY
Title: Art, Culture, and Cuisine Ancient and Medieval Gastronomy
Description: University of Chicago Press, 2001. Paperback. ISBN: 0226062546. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). Some notes in pen to rear endpaper (bibliographical references to similar books). Faint shelfwear. ; In Art, Culture, and Cuisine, Phyllis Pray Bober examines cooking through an assortment of recipes as well as the dual lens of archaeology and art history. Believing that the unity of a culture extends across all forms of expression, Bober seeks to understand the minds and hearts of those who practiced cookery or consumed it as reflected in the visual art of the time. Bober draws on archaeology and art history to examine prehistoric eating customs in ancient Turkey; traditions of the great civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome; and rituals of the Middle Ages. Both elegant and entertaining, Art, Culture, and Cuisine reveals cuisine and dining's place at the heart of cultural, religious, and social activities that have shaped Western sensibilities.; 9.3 X 6.6 X 1.0 inches; 462 pages. Very Good .

Keywords: 0226062546 Social & Cultural Gastronomy Art And Architecture Food Science Culinary Arts


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