| Description |
1 online resource (36 video files (approximately 1080 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Series |
The great courses. Better living. Food & wine |
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Great courses (DVD). Better living.
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| Contents |
Episode 1 Hunting, Gathering, and Stone Age Cooking Episode 2 What Early Agriculturalists Ate Episode 3 Egypt and the Gift of the Nile Episode 4 Ancient Judea-From Eden to Kosher Laws Episode 5 Classical Greece-Wine, Olive Oil, and Trade Episode 6 The Alexandrian Exchange and the Four Humors Episode 7 Ancient India-Sacred Cows and Ayurveda Episode 8 Yin and Yang of Classical Chinese Cuisine Episode 9 Dining in Republican and Imperial Rome Episode 10 Early Christianity-Food Rituals and Asceticism Episode 11 Europe's Dark Ages and Charlemagne Episode 12 Islam-A Thousand and One Nights of Cooking Episode 13 Carnival in the High Middle Ages Episode 14 International Gothic Cuisine Episode 15 A Renaissance in the Kitchen Episode 16 Aztecs and the Roots of Mexican Cooking Episode 17 1492-Globalization and Fusion Cuisines Episode 18 16th-Century Manners and Reformation Diets Episode 19 Papal Rome and the Spanish Golden Age Episode 20 The Birth of French Haute Cuisine Episode 21 Elizabethan England, Puritans, Country Food Episode 22 Dutch Treat-Coffee, Tea, Sugar, Tobacco Episode 23 African and Aboriginal Cuisines Episode 24 Edo, Japan-Samurai Dining and Zen Aesthetics Episode 25 Colonial Cookery in North America Episode 26 Eating in the Early Industrial Revolution Episode 27 Romantics, Vegetarians, Utopians Episode 28 First Restaurants, Chefs, and Gastronomy Episode 29 Big Business and the Homogenization of Food Episode 30 Food Imperialism around the World Episode 31 Immigrant Cuisines and Ethnic Restaurants Episode 32 War, Nutritionism, and the Great Depression Episode 33 World War II and the Advent of Fast Food Episode 34 Counterculture-From Hippies to Foodies Episode 35 Science of New Dishes and New Organisms Episode 36 The Past as Prologue?. |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Taught by: Professor Ken Albala, University of the Pacific. |
| Summary |
The drive to obtain food has been a major catalyst across all of history, from prehistoric times to the present. Take an enthralling journey into the human relationship to food as you travel the world discovering fascinating food lore and culture of all regions and eras-as an eye-opening lesson in history as well as a unique window on what we eat today. |
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Rated TVPG. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Food -- History.
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Food habits -- History.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT11528250 |
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