From gluttony to enlightenment
Subtitle: the world of taste in early modern Europe
By: Viktoria von Hoffmann
Series: Studies in sensory history; Studies in sensory history
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780252082146; 9780252040641
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Food; Gastronomy; Food habits; Taste; History
Work titles: Goûter le monde
Notes: "Expanded, revised and translated edition of Goûter le monde: une histoire culturelle du goût à l'époque moderne, published in French by PIE Peter Lang, 2013"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-262) and index.

Translated from French.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : De gustibus non est disputandum?; title: The "silences of taste"; title: Pleasures, disorders, and dangers of an animal sense; title: The lowest sense of all; title: From a material to a spiritual taste; title: Toward an art and science of taste; title: Conclusion.