Bibliograph

Dinner in Rome, a history of the world in one meal, Andreas Viestad ; translated by Matt Bagguley

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Dinner in Rome, a history of the world in one meal, Andreas Viestad ; translated by Matt Bagguley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dinner in Rome

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1295213127

Responsibility statement

Andreas Viestad ; translated by Matt Bagguley

Sub title

a history of the world in one meal

Summary

“There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseum,” writes Andreas Viestad in Dinner in Rome. From the table of a classic Roman restaurant, Viestad takes us on a fascinating culinary exploration of the Eternal City and global civilization. Food, he argues, is history’s secret driving force. Viestad finds deeper meanings in his meal: He uses the bread that begins his dinner to trace the origins of wheat and its role in Rome’s rise as well as its downfall. With his fried artichoke antipasto, he explains olive oil’s part in the religious conflict of sixteenth-century Europe. And, from his sorbet dessert, he recounts how lemons featured in the history of the Mafia in the nineteenth century and how the hunger for sugar fueled the slave trade. Viestad’s dinner may be local, but his story is universal. His “culinary archaeology” is an entertaining, flavorful journey across the dinner table and time. Readers will never look at spaghetti carbonara the same way again

Table Of Contents

The center of the universe -- Bread -- Antipasto -- Oil -- Salt -- Pasta -- Pepper -- Wine -- Meat -- Fire -- Lemon

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