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Montanari, Massimo         Medieval tastes : food, cooking, and the table / Massimo Montanari ; translated by Beth Archer Brombert         267 pages ; 24 cm         Translation of: Gusti del Medioevo.         Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267) and index.         Medieval near, medieval far -- Medieval cookbooks -- The grammar of food -- The times of food -- The aroma of civilization : bread -- Hunger for meat -- The ambiguous position of fish -- From milk to cheeses -- Condiment/fundament : the battle between oil, lard, and butter -- The bread tree -- The flavor of water -- The civilization of wine -- Rich food, poor food -- Monastic cooking -- The pilgrim's food -- The table as a representation of the world -- The fork and the hands -- The taste of knowledge.         ISBN9780231167864 (cloth : alk. paper) :         1. Food – History – Europe – To 1500.         1. Food habits – History – Europe – To 1500.         1. Cooking, Medieval.