- Publisher: Rizzoli
- Year: 2023
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 384pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 259x209mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 1.7kg
- ISBN: 9780847873456
- Product code: 546058
A History of the World in Ten Dinners
New Hardback Illustrated
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This well-illustrated culinary history takes the reader on a journey that begins in Ancient Rome, passes through the splendid feasts of Tudor England, Renaissance Italy and Louis XIV's Versailles, and concludes in 19th-century New York City. Evoking the ten time periods discussed, the recipes have been adapted for modern cooks and are accompanied by informative notes.
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For every lover of food culture, this scrupulously researched and accessible cookbook presents one-of-a-kind dinner parties inspired by seminal moments in culinary history.
In ten chapters-each an important moment in food history, from Ancient Rome to Al-Andalus in Spain, from the Ethiopian Empire to nineteenth-century New York City-the authors pair menus with immersive retellings of historic culinary breakthroughs, and present the ingredients and modern techniques adapted for today's kitchens to allow cooks of all abilities to entertain with dishes that were created and enjoyed hundreds of years ago but remain relevant to today's food tastes and values.
Readers learn to orchestrate feasts from Apicus, blend spices from the Silk Road, feature indigenous ingredients of the Americas, revisit the "classics" from the Court of the Sun King, and savor the complex delicacies from the birth of the American restaurant scene. The home cook can prepare an entire seven-course Tudor feast, for example, or pick and choose dishes from around the world throughout time. Rich illustrations, hand-drawn maps, and contemporary photography create an immersive experience, while Harris's foreword puts these historic foodways and their legacies into contemporary context.
In ten chapters-each an important moment in food history, from Ancient Rome to Al-Andalus in Spain, from the Ethiopian Empire to nineteenth-century New York City-the authors pair menus with immersive retellings of historic culinary breakthroughs, and present the ingredients and modern techniques adapted for today's kitchens to allow cooks of all abilities to entertain with dishes that were created and enjoyed hundreds of years ago but remain relevant to today's food tastes and values.
Readers learn to orchestrate feasts from Apicus, blend spices from the Silk Road, feature indigenous ingredients of the Americas, revisit the "classics" from the Court of the Sun King, and savor the complex delicacies from the birth of the American restaurant scene. The home cook can prepare an entire seven-course Tudor feast, for example, or pick and choose dishes from around the world throughout time. Rich illustrations, hand-drawn maps, and contemporary photography create an immersive experience, while Harris's foreword puts these historic foodways and their legacies into contemporary context.
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This well-illustrated culinary history takes the reader on a journey that begins in Ancient Rome, passes through the splendid feasts of Tudor England, Renaissance Italy and Louis XIV's Versailles, and concludes in 19th-century New York City. Evoking the ten time periods discussed, the recipes have been adapted for modern cooks and are accompanied by informative notes.
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