Let the meatballs rest, and other stories about food and culture / Massimo Montanari ; translated by Beth Archer Brombert.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Arts and traditions of the tablePublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]Description: xi, 178 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780231157322
  • 0231157320
  • 9780231527880
  • 0231527888
  • 9780231157339
  • 0231157339
Uniform titles:
  • Riposo della polpetta e altre storie intorno al cibo. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 641.5 23
LOC classification:
  • TX645 .M6613 2012
Contents:
Things and ideas -- The status of food -- Adventures in cooking -- The gastronomy of hunger -- Flavors -- Pleasure and health -- The beautiful and the good -- Convivial rituals -- Table practices and manners -- "Identity" declined in the plural.
Summary: Focusing on the selection, preparation, and mythology of food, Montanari shows that cooking not only is a decisive part of our cultural heritage but also communicates essential information about our material and intellectual well-being. From the invention of basic bread making to chocolate's reputation for decadence, he positions food culture as a lens through which we can plot changes in historical values and social and economic trends.
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Includes index.

Things and ideas -- The status of food -- Adventures in cooking -- The gastronomy of hunger -- Flavors -- Pleasure and health -- The beautiful and the good -- Convivial rituals -- Table practices and manners -- "Identity" declined in the plural.

Focusing on the selection, preparation, and mythology of food, Montanari shows that cooking not only is a decisive part of our cultural heritage but also communicates essential information about our material and intellectual well-being. From the invention of basic bread making to chocolate's reputation for decadence, he positions food culture as a lens through which we can plot changes in historical values and social and economic trends.

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