Massimo Montanari is professor of medieval history and the history of food at the Institute of Paleography and Medieval Studies, University of Bologna. His books includeMedieval Tastes: Food, Cooking, and the Table;Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb;Food Is Culture; andFamine and Plenty: The History of Food in Europe. He also coedited, with Jean-Louis Flandrin,Food: A Culinary History.
Beth Archer Brombert is the author ofCristina: Portraits of a Princess and Edouard Manet: Rebel in a Frock Coat, which was aNew York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her most recent work isJourney to the World of the Black Rooster. |
