Recipes for thought : knowledge and taste in the early modern english kitchen /

Situated at the vital intersection of physiology, gastronomy, decorum, knowledge-production, and labor, recipes from the past allow us to understand the significant ways that kitchen work was an intellectual and creative enterprise.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wall, Wendy.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2015]
©2016
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Material texts
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812291957
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Summary: Situated at the vital intersection of physiology, gastronomy, decorum, knowledge-production, and labor, recipes from the past allow us to understand the significant ways that kitchen work was an intellectual and creative enterprise.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource.
ISBN: 9780812291957
Index Number: TX645
CLC: TS972.1
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface. The Appetizer --
Introduction. The Order of Serving --
Chapter 1. Taste Acts --
Chapter 2. Pleasure: Kitchen Conceits in Print --
Chapter 3. Literacies: Handwriting and Handiwork --
Chapter 4. Temporalities: Preservation, Seasoning, and Memorialization --
Chapter 5. Knowledge: Recipes and Experimental Cultures --
Coda --
Notes --
Works Cited --
Index --
Acknowledgments