The Fine Art of Food
by Reay Tannahill
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Alpha Books, Sydney, NSW, 1968. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. An original publication by the Folio Society, this work looks at what people were eating in different areas at different times. It shows how kitchen logic produced the same answers in widely separated societies the Indian chapati being related to the Scots oatcake, and the modern American clambake to the food of prehistoric man. It then goes on to discuss the ramifications of trade and how certain foods became international favourites. The "Fine Art" of the title refers to the outstanding selection of illustrations taken from Greek and Egyptian times to the twentieth century. 128 pages. Light foxing to endpapers and page edges. Ex-Libris pasted in. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australia; History; Cookery, Food & Wine. Inventory No: 268715..
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- Bookseller
- leura books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 268715
- Title
- The Fine Art of Food
- Author
- Reay Tannahill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alpha Books
- Place of Publication
- Sydney, NSW
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- BZDB43 History; Australia; History; Cookery, Food & Wine. Unbranded Reay Tannahill The Fine Art of Food
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cookery, Food & Wine;
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