Cooking and Eating in Renaissance Italy - From Kitchen to Table

Renaissance Italy's art, literature, and culture continue to fascinate. The domestic life has been examined more in recent years, and this book reveals the preparation, eating, and the sociability of dining in Renaissance Italy.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
1: The Renaissance Kitchen and the Experience of Dining, an introduction
2: From Kitchen to Table in the Late Middle Ages
3: The Renaissance Cook and his Kitchen
4: Meals, Mealtimes and Menus
5: From Kitchen to Table: The Art of Dining
6: The Next Century in the Kitchen and at the Table, a final word
Endnotes
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Katherine A. McIver

Summary

Renaissance Italy's art, literature, and culture continue to fascinate. The domestic life has been examined more in recent years, and this book reveals the preparation, eating, and the sociability of dining in Renaissance Italy.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine McIver, Katherine A. Mciver
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2014
• EAN: 9781442227187
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2718-7
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy; Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > Theme cookery books; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries