Medieval Tastes Food, Cooking, and the Table【電子書籍】[ Massimo Montanari ]

＜p＞In his new history of food, acclaimed historian Massimo Montanari traces the development of medieval tastesーboth culinary and culturalーfrom raw materials to market and captures their reflections in today's food trends. Tying the ingredients of our diet evolution to the growth of human civilization, he immerses readers in the passionate debates and bold inventions that transformed food from a simple staple to a potent factor in health and a symbol of social and ideological standing.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Montanari returns to the prestigious Salerno school of medicine, the "mother of all medical schools," to plot the theory of food that took shape in the twelfth century. He reviews the influence of the Near Eastern spice routes, which introduced new flavors and cooking techniques to European kitchens, and reads Europe's earliest cookbooks, which took cues from old Roman practices that valued artifice and mixed flavors. Dishes were largely low-fat, and meats and fish were seasoned with vinegar, citru．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る