When Consumers Complain
The Renaissance and the age of discovery introduced Europeans to exotic cultures, mores, manners, and ideas. That kitchen revolution led to the development of new utensils and table manners. Rebora discusses the availability of resources, how people kept from starving in the winter, how they farmed, how tastes developed, what the lower classes ate, and what the aristocracy enjoyed.
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1. Grain and Bread\ 2. Soup with Bread, Polenta, Vegetable Stew, and Pasta\ 3. Stuffed Pasta\ 4. Water and Salt\ 5. Cheese\ 6. Meat\ 7. The Farmyard\ 8. Fish\ 9. Salt-cured Products and Sausages\ 10. Vegetables and Fruits\ 11. Fat was Good\ 12. Spices\ 13. The Atlantic, the East, and a Few West Indies\ 14. From the Iberian Peninsula to the Distant Americas: The Sugar Route\ 15. From Europe to America\ 16. To Eat at the Same ÆMDRVØMensaÆMDNMØ\ 17. Eating and Drinking\ 18. Dining with Discernment Appendix: Dining with Christopher Columbus
