FEAST
by:
Roy C. Strong (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780224061384 (0224061380)
Publish date: November 5th 2002
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
A history of upper class meals and the customs surrounding them, from antiquity to the present. The book almost entirely deals with Western Europe, particularly England, Italy, and France. It's a very scattershot view; there are a few tasty tidbits of knowledge, but they're so randomly chosen and ...