The Horizon cookbook and illustrated history of eating and drinking through the ages
By: by William Harlan Hale and the editors of Horizon magazine. Editor in charge: Wendy Buehr; recipes editor: Tatiana McKenna; historical foods consultant: Mimi Sheraton
Contributors: Buehr, Wendy, ed.
Publisher: American Heritage Pub. Co., book trade distribution by Doubleday
Published: 1968
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 768
Subjects: Gastronomy -- History; Cookery -- History; Cookery, International
Other titles: Horizon (New York, N.Y.); Cookbook and illustrated history of eating and drinking through the ages.
Table of contents: title: Part One. Introduction -- First the apple. Food of the pharaohs : a picture portfolio -- When eating became dining. Salad days of the Caesars : a picture portfolio -- Medieval feast and famine. The groaning board : a picture portfolio -- Renaissance of the table. The perpetual party : a picture portfolio -- In quest of spices. More precious than gold : a picture portfolio -- From the good earth. Lands of the lotus-eaters : a picture portfolio -- The triumph of French taste. Recipe for revolution : a picture portfolio -- The other Europe. Good times and geműtlichkeit: a picture portfolio -- Pleasures of English company. Coffee, tea, or gin : a picture portfolio -- Toward an international style. The banquet years : a picture portfolio. Part two. Menus and recipes.