Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb
Massimo Montanari
Paper, 128 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-15251-8
$19.50
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August, 2010
Cloth, 128 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-15250-1
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Massimo Montanari is professor of medieval history and the history of food at the Institute of Paleography and Medieval Studies, University of Bologna. Well-known for his searching and thoroughly researched studies of culinary tradition, he has authored and coauthored more than a dozen books, including Food Is Culture; Italian Cuisine: A Cultural History; Food: A Culinary History; and Famine and Plenty: The History of Food in Europe.
Beth Archer Brombert is the author of the widely acclaimed biographies, Edouard Manet: Rebel in a Frock Coat and Cristina: Portraits of a Princess. She has also translated extensively from French and Italian.
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