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Eating right has been an obsession for longer than we think. Renaissance Europe had its own flourishing tradition of dietary advice. Then, as now, an industry of experts churned out diet books for an eager and concerned public. Providing a cornucopia of i.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Albala, Ken, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Series:California studies in food and culture ; 2.
Subjects:
Gastronomy.
Food habits > Europe > History.
Food habits.
Diet Therapy > history
Diet > history
Feeding Behavior
Socioeconomic Factors
Gastronomie.
Habitudes alimentaires > Europe > Histoire.
Habitudes alimentaires.
gastronomy.
COOKING > General.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
Food habits
Gastronomy
Dieetleer.
Eetcultuur.
Europe.
Europe
Europa (geografie)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Spelling
  • Introduction
  • 1. Overview of the Genre
  • 2. The Human Body: Humors, Digestion, and the Physiology of Nutrition
  • 3. Food: Qualities, Substance, and Virtues
  • 4. External Factors
  • 5. Food and the Individual
  • 6. Food and Class
  • 7. Food and Nation
  • 8. Medicine and Cuisine
  • Postscript: The End of a Genre and Its Legacy
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Illustrations.

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