Petits Propos Culinaires 25

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Some of the world’s most adventurous food historians contribute to this thrice-yearly journal of articles and excerpts from works in progress. The emphasis is on plain writing rather than jargon. In these early issues you are able to see food studies begin to establish itself as a discipline as the tenor of reviews evolve, and calls for contributors and conferences proliferate. Among the articles in this issue from March 1987: A Cookery-book and its Context: Elizabethan Cookery and Lady Fettiplace - C. Anne Wilson Food and Drink of the Mountain Men - Sam Arnold Diego Granado Maldonado - Jeanne Allard Food Fiction and Food Fact in Homer’s Iliad - Elizabeth Minchin On Swans, Cranes, and Herons: Part 2 - Cranes, Joop Witteveen Desinit in Piscem, or It All Ended in a Fish Tail - Ninette Lyon As always, there are book reviews as well. Paperback.

• Binding: Hardcover

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