Dinner in Rome : a history of the world in one meal
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London : Reaktion Books, 2022.
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1789146747, 9781789146745
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Published
London : Reaktion Books, 2022.
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Book
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230 pages ; 22 cm
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English
ISBN
1789146747, 9781789146745

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"First published in Norwegian in 2020 by Kagge Forlag AS under the title En middag i Roma: verdenhistorien i et måltid"--title page verso.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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“There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseum,” writes Andreas Viestad in Dinner in Rome. From the table of a classic Roman restaurant, Viestad takes us on a fascinating culinary exploration of the Eternal City and global civilization. Food, he argues, is history's secret driving force. Viestad finds deeper meanings in his meal: He uses the bread that begins his dinner to trace the origins of wheat and its role in Rome's rise as well as its downfall. With his fried artichoke antipasto, he explains olive oil's part in the religious conflict of sixteenth-century Europe. And, from his sorbet dessert, he recounts how lemons featured in the history of the Mafia in the nineteenth century and how the hunger for sugar fueled the slave trade. Viestad's dinner may be local, but his story is universal. His “culinary archaeology” is an entertaining, flavorful journey across the dinner table and time. Readers will never look at spaghetti carbonara the same way again.
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Translated from Norwegian.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Viestad, A., & Bagguley, M. (2022). Dinner in Rome: a history of the world in one meal . Reaktion Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Viestad, Andreas and Matt Bagguley. 2022. Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal. Reaktion Books.

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Viestad, Andreas and Matt Bagguley. Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal Reaktion Books, 2022.

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Viestad, Andreas, and Matt Bagguley. Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal Reaktion Books, 2022.

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