Commerce, food, and identity in seventeenth-century England and France: across the Channel

Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you who you are' was the challenge issued by French gastronomist Jean Brillat-Savarin. Champagne is declared a unique emblem of French sophistication and luxury, linked to the myth of its invention by Dom Pérignon. Across the Channel, a cup of sweet tea...

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Main Author: Van Dyk, Garritt ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2022
Series:Food culture, food history before 1900
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you who you are' was the challenge issued by French gastronomist Jean Brillat-Savarin. Champagne is declared a unique emblem of French sophistication and luxury, linked to the myth of its invention by Dom Pérignon. Across the Channel, a cup of sweet tea is recognized as a quintessentially English icon, simultaneously conjuring images of empire, civility, and relentless rain that demands the sustenance and comfort that only tea can provide. How did these tastes develop in the seventeenth century? <br><i>Commerce, Food, and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England and France: Across the Channel</i> offers a compelling historical narrative of the relationship between food, national identity, and political economy in the early modern period. These mutually influential relationships are revealed through comparative and transnational analyses of effervescent wine, spices and cookbooks, the development of coffeehouses and cafés, and the 'national sweet tooth' in England and France
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Nov 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (214 Seiten)
ISBN:9789048555161
DOI:10.1017/9789048555161