The culinary imagination : from myth to modernity /

From the recipe novel to the celebrity chef, renowned scholar Sandra M. Gilbert traces the social, aesthetic and political history of food from myth to modernity, from ancient sources to our current wave of food mania.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilbert, Sandra M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
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Description
Summary:From the recipe novel to the celebrity chef, renowned scholar Sandra M. Gilbert traces the social, aesthetic and political history of food from myth to modernity, from ancient sources to our current wave of food mania.
Physical Description:xx, 404 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780393067651 (hardcover)
0393067653 (hardcover)