Eating right in the Renaissance / Ken Albala.
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2002.
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| Series: | California studies in food and culture ;
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| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 315 pages [8] pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-308) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520927285 0520927281 1417523298 9781417523290 1597345873 9781597345873 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |