Hunger and Abundance. The History of Food in Europe

Hunger and Abundance. The History of Food in Europe

Massimo Montanari is a medieval historian, a specialist in the history of food, an instructor at the University of Bologna and the only one of its kind at the University of Gastronomic Sciences. In his book, he traces the evolution... of food traditions in Europe from the 3rd to the 20th century. From the bread and olive oil of the ancient Romans and Greeks, the piece of meat over the fire of the barbarian, to modern canned goods and fast food; from the cult of food in myths and epics, from a millennium-long fear of hunger to contemporary anxiety about overeating... The history of food, insists M. Montanari, is as vital a part of the history of civilization as political or cultural history. By learning about what and how the ancestors of modern Europeans ate, the reader will see how the journey traversed by European society over seventeen centuries is reflected in the evolution of gastronomy, and will also gain a new perspective on their own eating habits.

Author: Массимо Монтанари

Printhouse: Aleksandriia

Series: The Formation of Europe

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2018

ISBN: 9785903445301

Number of pages: 288

Size: 208x135x20 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 366 g

ID: 1628021

Massimo Montanari is a medieval historian, a specialist in the history of food, an instructor at the University of Bologna and the only one of its kind at the University of Gastronomic Sciences. In his book, he traces the evolution of food traditions in Europe from the 3rd to the 20th century. From the bread and olive oil of the ancient Romans and Greeks, the piece of meat over the fire of the barbarian, to modern canned goods and fast food; from the cult of food in myths and epics, from a millennium-long fear of hunger to contemporary anxiety about overeating... The history of food, insists M. Montanari, is as vital a part of the history of civilization as political or cultural history. By learning about what and how the ancestors of modern Europeans ate, the reader will see how the journey traversed by European society over seventeen centuries is reflected in the evolution of gastronomy, and will also gain a new perspective on their own eating habits.

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