{"product_id":"cuisine-and-culture-9780470403716","title":"Cuisine and Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCuisine and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e presents a multicultural and multiethnic approach that draws connections between major historical events and how and why these events affected and defined the culinary traditions of different societies. Witty and engaging, Civitelloshows how history has shaped our diet--and howfood has affected history.Prehistoric societies are explored all the way topresent day issues such as genetically modified foods and the rise of celebritychefs. Civitello''s humorous tone and deep knowledgeare the perfect antidote to the usual scholarly and academic treatment of this universally important subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis revised and expanded edition of Civitello s book is a splendid cornucopia of foody facts. (Guardian, April 2011).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAntipasto\/Antojitos\/Amuse-Bouches: Food for Thought viii  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFIRST COURSE:\u003cbr\u003e From Raw to Cooked: Prehistory, Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrehistory 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ancient Agricultural Revolution 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fertile Crescent 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEgypt: The Nile River 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina: The Yellow (Huang He) River 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndia: The Indus River 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECOND COURSE:\u003cbr\u003e Grain, Grape, Olive: The Ancient Mediterranean 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mediterranean Sea 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreece 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRome 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHIRD COURSE:\u003cbr\u003e Crazy Bread, Coff ee, and Courtly Manners: Christendom and Islam in the Middle Ages, 500–1453 58\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristendom: Western Europe, 500–1000 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eByzantium: The Eastern Roman Empire 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Muslim Empire 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristendom: The Late Middle Ages in Europe 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOURTH COURSE:\u003cbr\u003e New World Food: Potato, Corn, Chile, Chocolate 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Search for Spices 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Empires 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSouth America: The Inca Empire 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentral America: Vanilla 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentral America: Maya Mystery 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentral America: The Aztec Empire 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNorth America: Cahokia 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColumbus Sets Sail for the Americas: 1492 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFIFTH COURSE:\u003cbr\u003e Food Goes Global: The Columbian Exchange 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Age of Exploration 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Columbian Exchange 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOld World to New 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew World to Old 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSIXTH COURSE:\u003cbr\u003e America from Colony to Country: Sacred Cod, Black Rice, Maple Moon, 1588–1850 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mercantile System 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColonial America 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New People and a New Cuisine 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSEVENTH COURSE:\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHutsepot\u003c\/i\u003e, Stove Potatoes, and \u003ci\u003eHaute Cuisine\u003c\/i\u003e: Seventeenthto Eighteenth-Century Dutch, Russian, and French Cuisine 182\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Scientific Revolution 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Golden Age of the Netherlands 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Russian Bear 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrance: \u003ci\u003eHaute\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNouvelle\u003c\/i\u003e Cuisine 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe French Revolution: \"Let Them Eat Cake\" 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Napoleonic Era: 1799–1815 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNapoleon's Aftermath 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEIGHTH COURSE:\u003cbr\u003e Cattle, Coca-Cola, Cholera: The United States and Europe, 1850–1900 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American South 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Civil War: 1850–1865 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconstruction: 1865–1877 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe West: Railroad and Indian Wars, 1860s–1886 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Gilded Age 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNineteenth-Century Health Food Movements 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEurope: Nutrition, Sanitation, Evolution 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNINTH COURSE:\u003cbr\u003e Africa and Asia: Native vs. Colonial Cuisine 258\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFood Patterns 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrica: Shea Butter, Kola Nuts, Monkey Bread 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndia: Not Just Curry and Chutney 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina: Tea and Opium 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKorea: Kimchee and \u003ci\u003ePulgogi\u003c\/i\u003e 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVietnam: Spring Rolls and Pâté 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndonesia: The Spice Islands 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Philippines: Chinese-Spanish Fusion 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThailand (Siam): Lemongrass and Jasmine Rice 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapan: Tempura and Umami 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTENTH COURSE:\u003cbr\u003e The Purity Crusade, Cuisine \u003ci\u003eClassique\u003c\/i\u003e, and Prohibition: 1900–1929 in 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