Eating Right in the Renaissance: Volume 2

(Book #2 in the California Studies in Food and Culture Series)

by Ken Albala

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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 information on food and an intriguing account of the differences between the nutritional logic of the past and our own time, this inviting book examines the wide-ranging dietary literature of the Renaissance...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0520229479

ISBN13:9780520229471

Release Date:February 2002

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:324 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

16th Century Cooking Cooking Europe Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Nutrition

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Eating Right in the Renaissance: Volume 2

(Book #2 in the California Studies in Food and Culture Series)

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