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A history of food / Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat ; translated by Anthea Bell.

By: Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne, 1926-Contributor(s): Wiley InterScience (Online service)Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Edition: New expanded edDescription: xx, 756 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444305135; 1444305131Uniform titles: Histoire naturelle & morale de la nourriture. English Subject(s): Nutrition -- Social aspects -- History | Food -- History | Food supply -- History | Food | Food supply | Nutrition -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books. | History.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 641.3009 LOC classification: TX353 | .T6413 2009Online resources: Wiley Online Library
Contents:
Collecting gathering hunting -- Stock-breeding arable farming: meat, milk, cereals -- The three sacramental foods: oil, bread, wine -- The economy of the markets -- Luxury foods -- The era of the merchants -- New needs: sugar, chocolate, coffee, tea -- Orchards and kitchen gardens -- Science and conscience in the diet.
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