The Taste of Conquest
Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: November 6, 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780345480835
Subjects: Gastronomy; World History; History - General History; History: World; Europe - General; General; History; Specific Ingredients - Herbs, Spices, Condiments; History / General; Renaissance; World - General; Cookery; Europe; Spice trade; Spices
Description: "The Taste of Conquest offers up a globetrotting tale of unquenchable desire, fanatical religion, raw greed, fickle fashion, and mouthwatering cuisine - in short, the very stuff of which our world is made. In this enlightening and anecdote-filled history, Mitchell Krondl, a noted chef turned writer and food historian, tells the story of three legendary cities - Venice, Lisbon, and Amsterdam - and how their single-minded pursuit of spice helped to make (and remake) the Western diet and set in motion the first great wave of globalization."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: First taste : St. Albans; title: Part one : Venice; title: Part two : Lisbon; title: Part three : Amsterdam; title: Epilogue : Baltimore and Calicut