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Montanari, Massimo, 1949- [Gusti del Medioevo. English] Medieval Tastes : food, cooking, and the table / Massimo Montanari; translated by Beth Archer Brombert.

pages cm

Translation of: Gusti del Medioevo. Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-231-16786-4 (cloth : alk. paper)—978-0-231-53908-1 (ebook)

1. Food–Europe–History–To 1500.

2. Food habits–Europe–History–To 1500.

3. Cooking, Medieval.

I. Title.

TX351.M6613 2015

394.1'20940902–dc23

2014023679

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