汤姆·尼伦（Tom Nealon） 古董食谱专家。在波士顿经营一家古籍珍本书店，专攻早期印刷书籍，特别是食谱与文学，并时常在网络上发表关于食物历史的文章。

In this eclectic book of food history, Tom Nealon takes on such overlooked themes as carp and the Crusades, brown sauce and Byron, and chillies and cannibalism, and suggests that hunger and taste are the twin forces that secretly defined the course of civilization. Through war and plague, revolution and migration, people have always had to eat. What and how they ate provoked cu...(展开全部)

This richly illustrated book is the first to apply the discoveries of the new generation of food historians to the pleasures of dining and the culinary accomplishments of diverse civilizations, past and present. Editor Paul Freedman has gathered essays by French, German, Belgian, American, and British historians to present a comprehensive, chronological history of taste from pr...(展开全部)

In "Near a Thousand Tables, " acclaimed food historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto tells the fascinating story of food as cultural as well as culinary history -- a window on the history of mankind.In this "appetizingly provocative" "(Los Angeles Times)" book, he guides readers through the eight great revolutions in the world history of food: the origins of cooking, which set human...(展开全部)

A subversive thinker draws out the historical significance of the most intimate corners of our lives. The development of romantic love, the evolution of national and regional cuisines, the globalization of Chinese food, the histories of various taboos on certain types of food and drink, the uniqueness of the European family—such are the fascinating and diverse themes Goody addr...(展开全部)

Herbert J. Gans, author of Levittowners and The Urban Villagers, is professor of sociology at Columbia University and the former president of the American Sociological Association.

One of the world's most respected sociologists updates his classic work on public views of popular and high culture. Is NYPD Blue a less valid form of artistic expression than a Shakespearean drama? Who is to judge and by what standards? In this new edition of Herbert Gans's brilliantly conceived and clearly argued landmark work, he builds on his critique of the universality ...(展开全部)

作者简介 伊恩·克罗夫顿（Ian Crofton），英国历史作家，著有《小小大历史》（The Little Book of Big History: The Story of Life, the Universe and Everything）、《不枯燥的世界历史》（History without the Boring Bits: A Curious Chronology of the World）、《苏格兰与英格兰边境之行》（Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England）、《英格兰诸国君》（The Kings and Queens of England）以及《苏格兰成语与寓言词典》（A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable），等等。写作...(展开全部)