Tag: Europe
Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food
by Adam Gopnik From the publisher: From the author of Paris to the Moon, a beguiling tour of the morals and manners of our present food mania, in search of […]
Slaves to Sweetness: British and Caribbean Literatures of Sugar
by Carl Plasa From the publisher: Apparently innocuous, sugar is a substance which brings with it a profound disquiet, not least because of its direct links with the histories of […]
Signature Dishes That Matter
From the publisher: A global celebration of the iconic restaurant dishes that defined the course of culinary history over the past 300 years. Today’s food-lovers often travel the globe to […]
Pomodoro! A History of the Tomato in Italy
by David Gentilcore From the publisher: More than just the beloved base ingredient of so many of our favorite dishes, the tomato has generated both profound riches and controversy in […]
Invention of the Restaurant: Paris and Modern Gastronomic Culture
by Rebecca L. Spang From the publisher: Why are there restaurants? Why would anybody consider eating to be an enjoyable leisure activity or even a serious pastime? To find the […]
How Italian Food Conquered the World
by John F. Mariani From the publisher: Not so long ago, Italian food was regarded as a poor man’s gruel-little more than pizza, macaroni with sauce, and red wines in […]
Dining with Proust: A Practical Guide to French Cuisine of the Belle Epoque
by Shirley King From the publisher: Marcel Proust’s literary masterpiece À la recherche du temps perdu overflows with brilliant, minutely described accounts of food and drink drawn from the author’s vivid […]
History of pizza
Pizza as we now know it came into being in late 18th-century Naples. Naples had become one of the largest cities in Europe and was growing fast. As the urban […]
Italian Cuisine: A Cultural History
by Alberto Capatti and Massimo Montanari. Translated by Aine O’Healy. From the publisher: Italy, the country with a hundred cities and a thousand bell towers, is also the country with […]