Langley-Adams Library (Groveland)

The eternal table, a cultural history of food in Rome, Karima Moyer-Nocchi with Giancarlo Rolandi

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The eternal table

bibliography

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Karima Moyer-Nocchi with Giancarlo Rolandi

Big city food biographies series

a cultural history of food in Rome

"The Eternal Table: A Cultural History of Food in Rome is the first concise history of the food, gastronomy, and cuisine of Rome spanning from pre-Roman to modern times. It is a social history of the Eternal City seen through the lens of eating and feeding, as it advanced over the centuries in a city that fascinates like no other. The history of food in Rome unfolds as an engaging and enlightening narrative, recounting the human partnership with what was raised, picked, fished, caught, slaughtered, cooked, and served, as it was experienced and perceived along the continuum between excess and dearth by Romans and the many who passed through. Like the city itself, Rome's culinary history is multi-layered, both vertically and horizontally, from migrant shepherds to the senatorial aristocracy, from the papal court to the flow of pilgrims and Grand Tourists, from the House of Savoy and the Kingdom of Italy to Fascism and the rise of the middle classes. The Eternal Table takes the reader on a culinary journey through the city streets, country kitchens, banquets, markets, festivals, osterias, and restaurants illuminating yet another facet of one of the most intriguing cities in the world."--Back cover

The Roman terrarium -- Quid tum: then what? -- Cooking from books -- Mobility -- Al mercato: at the marketplace -- Er da magna' : eats -- Eating and drinking out