A History of the World in 10 Dinners by Victoria Flexner & Jay Reifel & Dr. Jessica B. Harris

9780847873456

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For every lover of food culture, this scrupulously researched and accessible cookbook presents one-of-a-kind dinner parties inspired by seminal moments in culinary history.

In ten chapters?each an important moment in food history, from Ancient Rome to Al-Andalus in Spain, from the Ethiopian Empire to nineteenth-century New York City?the authors pair menus with immersive retellings of historic culinary breakthroughs, and present the ingredients and modern techniques adapted for today?s kitchens to allow cooks of all abilities to entertain with dishes that were created and enjoyed hundreds of years ago but remain relevant to today?s food tastes and values. Â

Readers learn to orchestrate feasts from Apicus, blend spices from the Silk Road, feature indigenous ingredients of the Americas, revisit the ?classics? from the Court of the Sun King, and savor the complex delicacies from the birth of the American restaurant scene.

ISBN: 9780847873456
Author(s): Victoria Flexner & Jay Reifel & Dr. Jessica B. Harris

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