The Magic Harvest
Subtitle: Food, Folkore and Society
Contributors: Joan Hall (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: October 1, 1998
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780745621968
Subjects: Cultural studies; Customs; Food & Drink / Cookery; Social history; Sociology - General; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Social Science; Sociology; Europe; Italy; History; Customs & Traditions; Europe - General; AGRICULTURE_FOLKLORE; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
First sentence: In the pre-industrial age the Italian peasants' dietary system revolved around the great copper paiuolo, the cauldron that hung on chains from the chimney.