In The Devil's Garden
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In The Devil's Garden

A Sinful History of Forbidden Food

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eBook - ePub

In The Devil's Garden

A Sinful History of Forbidden Food

About this book

From the forbidden fruit of the Old Testament to the numerous laws broken at Francois Mitterand's final meal, In the Devil's Garden is a mouth-watering history of food taboos from around the world - a smorgasbord of culinary titbits to spice up any after-dinner conversation.
In a history peppered with religious extremists who would rather starve to death than violate ancient taboos, and in an age when half the world's population - from cow-loving Hindus to Kosher Jews and Western vegetarians - still live with harsh dietary restrictions, Allen reveals just how significant, and pervasive, our relationship with food is.

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Yes, you can access In The Devil's Garden by Stewart Lee Allen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Social History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781841954059
eBook ISBN
9781782113003

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Author biography
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication page
  6. Epigraph page
  7. Contents
  8. Introduction: On Sin, Sex, and Forbidden Food
  9. Lust
  10. First Bite
  11. Gluttony
  12. Original Sin
  13. Pride
  14. The Egotist at Dinner
  15. Sloth
  16. The Job of Eating Well
  17. Greed
  18. The Greedy Diner
  19. Blasphemy
  20. The Sacred Act of Eating
  21. Anger
  22. The Civilized Sauce
  23. The Eighth Sin
  24. When Everything Is Allowed and Nothing Has Flavor
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. Endnotes
  27. Bibliography