{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-food-in-the-renaissance-paperback","title":"A Cultural History of Food in the Renaissance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKen Albala\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFood and attitudes toward it were transformed in Renaissance Europe. The period between 1300 and 1600 saw the discovery of the New World and the cultivation of new foodstuffs, as well as the efflorescence of culinary literature in European courts and eventually in the popular press, and most importantly the transformation of the economy on a global scale. Food became the object of rigorous investigation among physicians, theologians, agronomists and even poets and artists. Concern with eating was, in fact, central to the cultural dynamism we now recognize as the Renaissance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Food in the Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e presents an overview of the period with essays on food production, food systems, food security, safety and crises, food and politics, eating out, professional cooking, kitchens and service work, family and domesticity, body and soul, representations of food, and developments in food production and consumption globally.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Albala\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of the Pacific, USA and author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eEating Right in the Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFood in Early Modern Europe\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Banquet: Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBeans: A History\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Art of Real Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e. He is editor of \u003ci\u003eFood Cultures of the World Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of the journal, \u003ci\u003eFood, Culture \u0026amp; Society.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.5 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42303355912327,"sku":"9781474269926","price":80.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/fc76ae71fc95a7405e65c137bd852074.webp?v=1738396898","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-food-in-the-renaissance-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}