Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
Wolfgang Schivelbusch
237 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 067974438X
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Language: English
Publish: June 29, 1993
CulturalFoodFood HistoryFood WritingHistoryNonfictionScienceSocial ScienceSociologyWorld History
From the extravagant use of pepper in the Middle Ages to the Protestant bourgeoisie’s love of coffee to the reason why fashionable Europeans stopped sniffing tobacco and starting smoking it, Schivelbusch looks at how the appetite for pleasure transformed the social structure of the Old World. Illustrations.