Consuming Passions: A History of English Food and Appetite (Classic History)

Pullar, Philippa

ISBN 10: 0141390662 / ISBN 13: 9780141390666

Edité par Penguin Uk, 2001

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Synopsis :

What have the ancient Romans with their orgies, the primitive Christians with their fasts and their guilt to do with the English traditions of food? Why are oysters and celery believed to be aphrodisiacs? How is eating connected to sexual desire? Inthis history of English appetite, Philippa Pullar answers these questions, always wittily, sometimes hilariously. She draws such apparently unconnected subjects as phallic worship, cannibalism, agriculture, wet-nursing, prostitution, witchcraft, magic and aphrodisiacs into a fascinating synthesis. Starting with the Romans, she charts the development of the art of cooking, drawing surprising parallels between eating habits, religion and sexual mores.

À propos de l'auteur: Philippa Pullar was born in London in 1935. She received a Cordon Bleu Certificate of Cookery and was a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society. She also wrote an acclaimed biography of FRANK HARRIS to be published in Penguin Classic Biography in August 2001.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Consuming Passions: A History of English ...
Éditeur : Penguin Uk
Date d'édition : 2001
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Very Good