The picnic
a history
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Author
Publication
2014 - AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield, Maryland
Language
English
Word Count
49,250 words, Guess
Page Count
197 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL26918343M
- ISBN-139780759121805
- ISBN-10075912180X
- OCLC Control Number845515926
- OCLC Control Numberpicnichistory0000levy
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2013027411
Classifications
- DDC642/.3
- LCCGT2955 .L48 2014
Description
Picnics are happy occasions and have always been a diversion from every day cares. We think of the picnic as an outdoor meal, set on a blanket, usually in the middle of the day, featuring a hamper filled with tasty morsels and perhaps a bottle of wine, but historically picnics came in many forms, served any time of the day. This first culinary history reveals rustic outdoor dining in its more familiar and unusual forms, the history of the word itself, the cultural context of picnics and who arranged them, and, most important, the gastronomic appeal. Drawing on various media and literature, painting, music, and even sculpture, Walter Levy provides an engaging and enlightening history of the picnic.
Subjects
Series Statement
- The Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy
Other Editions
- The picnic: a history
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