All Manners of Food
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Book Overview
So close geographically, how could France and England be so enormously far apart gastronomically? Not just in different recipes and ways of cooking, but in their underlying attitudes toward the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0631132449
ISBN13:9780631132448
Release Date:September 1985
Publisher:Blackwell Publishers
Length:397 Pages
Weight:1.65 lbs.
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
still a classic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This is a first class academic work. I have been assigned this book for my social history of food class for over ten years now. The students find it tough going. It is fairly "dry" but that's because it contains what many books on food to not .... an argument.
an excellent book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I'm not sure what the previous reviewer expects in a book; sure this isn't a pop survey, but it's intelligent, thorough, and interesting. It is more of a scholarly history, so if you're after something simple try another book. This is very well researched, and if you're interested in the history of cooking as I am, it's an absorbing read.
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