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Brigid Allen’s Food draws on printed and unpublished manuscripts to chart how families and individuals have bought food, cooked it, and named their meals across history. The book covers domestic and public dining, the experiences of travellers abroad, and the social rules of eating. It also explores periods of enforced or voluntary food deprivation—examining the impacts of war, famine, poverty, prison, and school regimes, as well as the allure of dieting. Through anecdotes ranging from royal banquets to household accounts, Biblical references to the diary of a castaway, Allen presents a comprehensive portrait of food culture.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Brigid Allen
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