Exotic Brew

The Art of Living in the Age of Enlightenment

Piero Camporesi (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

1998
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-0-7456-2197-5 (ISBN)

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Written by one of the foremost, and perhaps the most original, historians of food (and beliefs about food) in Europe today. A concise and beautifully written account of the eating and drinking habits of the upper classes in the 18th century. Camporesi's previous books have been widely reviewed.

Piero Camporesi was formerly Professor of Italian Literature at University of Bologna, Italy.

1. The Science of Savoir Vivre. . 2. The Revenge of the Night.

3. Good Cooks and Skilful Hairdressers.

4. The Purged Century.

5. Heavy and Viscous Meats.

6. The Strange New Adoptions of Listless Gluttony.

7. Ephemeral Decor.

8. A Blissful and Drinkable Eternity.

9. The Botany of the Palate.

10. Perfidious Art.

11. Indian Broth.

12. Mad and Startling Names.

13. Quintessences of Juices.

14. The Lavish Table.

Notes.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.9.1998
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	137 x 216 mm
Gewicht	259 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-7456-2197-X / 074562197X
ISBN-13	978-0-7456-2197-5 / 9780745621975
Zustand	Neuware