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Author Albala, Ken, 1964-

Title Eating right in the Renaissance / Ken Albala.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 315 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series California series in food and culture ; 2
California series in food and culture ; 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-308) and index.
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Spelling -- Introduction -- 1. Overview of the Genre -- 2. The Human Body: Humors, Digestion, and the Physiology of Nutrition -- 3. Food: Qualities, Substance, and Virtues -- 4. External Factors -- 5. Food and the Individual -- 6. Food and Class -- 7. Food and Nation -- 8. Medicine and Cuisine -- Postscript: The End of a Genre and Its Legacy -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Illustrations.
Summary Eating right has been an obsession for longer than we think. Renaissance Europe had its own flourishing tradition of dietary advice. Then, as now, an industry of experts churned out diet books for an eager and concerned public. Providing a cornucopia of i.
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Subject Gastronomy.
Gastronomy.
Food habits -- Europe -- History.
Food habits.
Europe.
History.
Diet -- history.
Diet Therapy -- history.
Feeding Behavior.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Europe.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Albala, Ken, 1964- Eating right in the Renaissance. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 0520229479 (DLC) 00067229 (OCoLC)45532460
ISBN 9780520927285 (electronic book)
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