{"product_id":"the-hungry-eye-9780691211466","title":"The Hungry Eye","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Hungry Eye\u003c\/i\u003e is a food-obsessed frolic through the artwork, writing, and philosophy of hundreds of years of Western history. . . . From the fruits that adorn Renaissance portraits of the Madonna and Child to the platter that carries St. John the Baptist’s head, Barkan parses the past with gusto.\"\u003cb\u003e---Hyperallergic, \u003ci\u003eLauren Moya Ford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A foundational text of Food Studies. . . . This book does for food in art and literature what Sidney Mintz did for food and global politics in \u003ci\u003eSweetness and Power\u003c\/i\u003e. It should be right up there with Mintz’s book as a foundational text of Food Studies. . . . Everyone interested in Food Studies as a discipline, food in art, and anything having to do with food and culture will want to read this book—for its ideas, its gorgeousness, and for sheer pleasure.\"\u003cb\u003e---Marion Nestle, \u003ci\u003eFood Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's unusual to have a culinary history that is also highly recommended for arts holdings; but \u003ci\u003eThe Hungry Eye\u003c\/i\u003e is a feast of mind and eye that holds much food for thought for scholarly audiences interested in a different approach to food and drink's importance in human affairs.\" * Donovan’s Literary Services *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eLeonard Barkan has written a terrific book that ranges far more widely than one might expect, is impressively learned, and yet is remarkably accessible and often entertaining. . . . One closes the book convinced of the centrality of food and drink in European culture. This is a fine addition to the literature on the history of food that adds depth to the largely narrative histories that have preceded it.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Rod Phillips, \u003ci\u003eThe World of Fine Wine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eSumptuous, eminently absorbing, delectably erudite and cornucopian. . . . [\u003ci\u003eThe Hungry Eye\u003c\/i\u003e] is a beautifully personal, resonantly learned, beguilingly written chronicle of how food, throughout the centuries, has brought the \u003ci\u003evia contemplativa\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003evia activa\u003c\/i\u003e together. . . . A feast for the eyes and for the mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Mika Provata-Carlone, \u003ci\u003eBookanista\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In a beautifully written and illustrated book,  [Barkan] has explored how what is eaten and imbibed —literally and figuratively –portray, shape and explain how Western culture  from Rome through the Renaissance. . . . The result is a delicious rich broth filled with depth and nuance that will satisfy the  learned reader and urge her or him to ask for more.\"\u003cb\u003e---Richard Zimmer, \u003ci\u003eFood Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403901935959,"sku":"9780691211466","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-hungry-eye-9780691211466","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}