num_pages: 237
description: 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.
language: English
title: Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
titlecomplete: Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants
genres: History, Cultural, Cookbooks, Sociology, Food, World History, Food Writing, Science, Food History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1158
publisher: Vintage Books