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1 online resource (126 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Arts and traditions of the table: perspectives on culinary history
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Arts and traditions of the table.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Before there was an Italy there was a Europe -- Italy is a network of cities -- Models of cooking between unified and varied -- Popular culture and culture of the elite -- People and products that travel -- Preservation and renewal of alimentary identities -- Macaroni-eaters : how a national stereotype arose -- The Artusian synthesis -- The number of Italians increases -- The "Italian miracle" : between modernity and tradition -- The invention of regional cooking -- Epilogue : in search of home cooking. |
| Summary |
Another entertaining and surprising food history by the scholar who has come to define the discipline, this volume draws readers into the far-flung story of how regional cuisine came to shape a collective Italian identity. From the Romans' encounters with barbarian tribes to the revival and reinvention of local Italian cooking in the twentieth century, Massimo Montanari shows how regional food practices flavored the nation's political and cultural making over time. The fusion of ancient Roman cuisine, which consisted of bread, wine, and olives, with the barbarian diet, rooted in br. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Food -- Italy.
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Food. |
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Italy. |
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Cooking, Italian -- History.
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Cooking, Italian. |
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History. |
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Italy -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Italians -- Ethnic identity.
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Italians -- Ethnic identity. |
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National characteristics, Italian.
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National characteristics, Italian. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Brombert, Beth Archer.
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| Added Title |
Identità italiana in cucina. English
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Food and the nation |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Montanari, Massimo. Italian Identity in the Kitchen, or, Food and the Nation. New York : Columbia University Press, 2013 9780231535083 |
| ISBN |
9780231535083 (electronic book) |
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0231535082 (electronic book) |
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9780231160841 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0231160844 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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