Cooking Through History: A Worldwide Encyclopedia Of Food With Menus And Recipes

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From the prehistoric era to the present, food culture has helped to define civilizations. This reference surveys food culture and cooking from antiquity to the modern era, providing background information along with menus and recipes. Food culture has been central to world civilizations since prehistory. While early societies were limited in terms of their resources and cooking technology, methods of food preparation have flourished throughout history, with food central to social gatherings, celebrations, religious functions, and other aspects of daily life. This book surveys the history of cooking from the ancient world through the modern era. The first volume looks at the history of cooking from antiquity through the Early Modern era, while the second focuses on the modern world. Each volume includes a chronology, historical introduction, and topical chapters on foodstuffs, food preparation, eating habits, and other subjects. Sections on particular civilizations follow, with each section offering a historical overview, recipes, menus, primary source documents, and suggestions for further reading. The work closes with a selected, general bibliography of resources suitable for student research. Features: • Timelines help users identify key events related to the history of cooking • Topical essays cover important subjects across cultures • Sections on particular civilizations, regions, or countries provide historical coverage of cooking methods and food culture • Recipes, sample menus, and other documents give readers important information about cooking methods and food history within particular societies • Suggestions for further reading direct users to additional sources of information Cover......Page 1 About the pagination of this eBook......Page 2 Title Page......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Volume 1......Page 7 Preface......Page 11 Introduction......Page 13 Chronology of World and Food History, 20,000 BCE–1800 CE......Page 17 Eating Habits......Page 21 Concepts of Diet and Nutrition......Page 23 Food and Religion......Page 26 Food Preparation......Page 28 Foodstuffs......Page 31 Britain (Ancient Era to 1800)......Page 47 Byzantine and Ottoman Empires (Medieval Era to 1800)......Page 63 Central Europe and Scandinavia (Ancient Era to 1800)......Page 80 China (Ancient Era to 1800)......Page 97 Egypt (Ancient Era)......Page 114 France (Ancient Era to 1800)......Page 130 Greece (Ancient Era)......Page 147 India (Ancient Era to 1800)......Page 164 Italy (Medieval Era to 1800)......Page 181 Japan (Ancient Era to 1800)......Page 197 Latin America and the Caribbean (Ancient Era to 1800)......Page 214 Mesopotamia (Ancient Era)......Page 231 North America (Ancient Era to 1800)......Page 248 Pacific Islands (Ancient Era to 1800)......Page 273 Rome (Ancient Era)......Page 293 Russia and Central Asia (Ancient Era to 1800)......Page 312 Spain (Ancient Era to 1800)......Page 329 Bibliography......Page 345 Volume 2......Page 351 Preface......Page 355 Introduction......Page 357 Chronology of World and Food History, 1800–2020......Page 361 Eating Habits......Page 365 Concepts of Diet and Nutrition......Page 367 Food and Religion......Page 370 Food Preparation......Page 372 Foodstuffs......Page 375 The Balkans (1800–Present)......Page 391 Britain and the United Kingdom (1800–Present)......Page 409 Canada (1800–Present)......Page 431 Central America, the Caribbean, and South America (1800–Present)......Page 447 China, Tibet, and Mongolia (1800–Present)......Page 465 France (1800–Present)......Page 483 Germany and Central Europe (1800–Present)......Page 507 Iberian Peninsula (1800–Present)......Page 538 Italy (1800–Present)......Page 557 Japan (1800–Present)......Page 580 Korea (1800–Present)......Page 599 Mexico (1800–Present)......Page 615 Middle East and North Africa (1800–Present)......Page 633 Modern Sub-Saharan Africa (1800–Present)......Page 652 Russia and Central Asia (1800–Present)......Page 670 Scandinavia and the Baltic (1800–Present)......Page 694 South Asia (1800–Present)......Page 713 Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands (1800–Present)......Page 732 United States (1800–Present)......Page 751 Bibliography......Page 791 Index......Page 793 About the Editors......Page 809