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Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History of Mythology, Allure, and Absessions,Perils, Taboos of an Ordinary Meal
Much Depends on Dinner The Extraordinary History of Mythology Allure and AbsessionsPerils Taboos of an Ordinary Meal
Author: Margaret Visser
Winning unanimous praise on its publication and now available in paperback from Grove Press, Much Depends on Dinner is a delightful and intelligent history of the food we eat. Presented as a meal, each chapter represents a different course or garnish. Borrowing from Byron's classic poem "Don Juan" for her title ("Since Eve ate apples, much depen...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780020088516
ISBN-10: 0020088515
Publication Date: 10/1988
Pages: 352
Edition: Rep
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Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co
Book Type: Paperback
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This was a great read. "The kind of book that gives literacy a good name" says New York Newsday. I learned something interesting in every chapter.


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