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File Format | PDF
File Size | 1.79 MB
Pages | 376
Language | English
Category | Food
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Description: From the
lusciously tempting fruit in the Garden of Eden to the divine foie gras,
Stewart Lee Allen engagingly illustrates that when a pleasure as primal as
eating is criminalized, there is often an astonishing tale to tell. Among the
foods thought to encourage Lust, the love apple (now known as the tomato) was
thought to possess demonic spirits until the nineteenth century.
The Gluttony
“course” invites the reader to an ancient Roman dinner party where nearly every
dish served—from poppy-crusted rodents to “Trojan Pork”—was considered a crime
against the state. While the vice known as Sloth introduces the sad story of
“The Lazy Root” (the potato), whose popularity in Ireland led British moralists
to claim that the Great Famine was God’s way of punishing the Irish for eating
a food that bred degeneracy and idleness.
Filled with
incredible food history and the author’s travels to many of these exotic
locales, In the Devil’s Garden also features recipes like the matzo-ball stews
outlawed by the Spanish Inquisition and the forbidden “chocolate champagnes” of
the Aztecs. This is truly a delectable book that will be consumed by food
lovers, culinary historians, amateur anthropologists, and armchair travelers
alike.
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In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food
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