Food History: Europe - Cont'd

Contents: Introduction: Food and Society in the Sixteenth Century - Kitchens and Kitchen Equipment - Staffing and Provisioning the Kitchen - Beer and Brewing - Wine - Health and Diet - Tableware - Table Manners - Feasts, Entertainment, and Luxury Food - Banquets

Contains: The Careful Cook - Chopped Meats - The Gardener - All Kinds of Dishes - Legumes - Of Birds - The Gourmet - Quadrupeds - The Sea - The Fisherman

The basic quest -- Gastro-geography -- The European tale -- Development of the modern classical menu structure -- The gastronomy of the poor -- The marriage of food and wine -- The gods, myth, magic and food -- Gastronomy - technology and the arts