Author:
Gentilcore, David.
Imprint:London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2016.
Descriptionx, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:Healthy food: Renaissance dietetics, c.1450 to c.1650 -- Healthy food: the fall and rise of dietetics, c. 1650 to c. 1800 -- Rich food, poor food: diet, physiology and social rank -- Regional food: nature and nation in Europe -- Holy food: spiritual and bodily health -- Vegetable food: the vegetarian option -- New World food: the Columbian exchange and its European impact -- Liquid food: drinking for health.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references 219-237and index.