A History of Cookbooks: From Kitchen to Page over Seven Centuries

A History of Cookbooks: From Kitchen to Page over Seven Centuries
ISBN-10
0520967283
ISBN-13
9780520967281
Category
Cooking
Pages
368
Language
English
Published
2017-09-05
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Henry Notaker

Description

A History of Cookbooks provides a sweeping literary and historical overview of the cookbook genre, exploring its development as a part of food culture beginning in the Late Middle Ages. Studying cookbooks from various Western cultures and languages, Henry Notaker traces the transformation of recipes from brief notes with ingredients into detailed recipes with a specific structure, grammar, and vocabulary. In addition, he reveals that cookbooks go far beyond offering recipes: they tell us a great deal about nutrition, morals, manners, history, and menus while often providing entertaining reflections and commentaries. This innovative book demonstrates that cookbooks represent an interesting and important branch of nonfiction literature.

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