Petits Propos Culinaires 56

$20 · Offered by Kitchen Arts & Letters

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. Among the articles in this issue from January 1997: A Farewell and Thank You - a tribute to Roy Shipperbottom Claudia Roden’s Mystery Fish Revealed - Philip Iddison with Haluk Bitek 1Fish in Art - Gillian Riley The Popcorn Polka: or, How Maize Popped into the American Mainstream - Andrew F. Smith A Study of The Compleat Confectioner by Hannah Glasse (c 1760), Part One - Fiona Lucraft A Personal Matter - Robert Bond Fish and Chips - Roy Shipperbottom Food and Ceremony - Barbara Santich More on Aphrodisiacs - Patience Gray As always, there are book reviews as well. Paperback. In English.

• Binding: Hardcover

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