A Mediterranean feast : the story of the birth of the celebrated cuisines of the Mediterranean, from the Merchants of Venice to the Barbary Corsairs : with more than 500 recipes

A Mediterranean feast : the story of the birth of the celebrated cuisines of the Mediterranean, from the Merchants of Venice to the Barbary Corsairs : with more than 500 recipes / Clifford A. Wright.

Author/creator	Wright, Clifford A.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Morrow, ©1999.
Description	xxiv, 815 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Subject(s)	Gastronomy--History. Food habits--Mediterranean Region --History. Diet, Mediterranean--history. Food--history. Mediterranean Region. Mediterranean Region--Social life and customs.

Contents	pt. I. An algebra of Mediterranean gastronomy -- The historical foundation of Mediterranean gastronomy -- Harvest of sorrow, food of dreams -- Feast, anti-feast -- pt. II. An ecology of Mediterranean gastronomy -- "They eat from one bowl": lives in the mountains, meadows, plains, and deserts -- Le serenissima, la superba, and the sublime porte -- Frutti di Mare -- Islands of paradise and isolation -- pt. III. A measure of Mediterranean gastronomy -- The spice orgy -- Grain for princes, grain for dogs -- Hard wheat and its famous inventions.
Abstract	A sweeping culinary history and cookbook of extraordinary scope, with more than 500 recipes from Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, and the Near East.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 761-787) and indexes.
LCCN	98049155
ISBN	0688153054 :
ISBN	9780688153052 :

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	TX 641 W947M 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold