Charlemagne's Tablecloth: A Piquant History of Feasting

by Nichola Fletcher

Book Overview

Feasts, banquets, and grand dinners have always played a vital role in our lives. They oil the wheels of diplomacy, smooth the paths of the ambitious, and spread joy at family celebrations. They lift... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312340680
• ISBN13: 9780312340681
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

My 2 cents

I enjoyed this book very much. Should be interesting to not only folks that enjoy period cooking, but tidbits of history as well.

This grand dinner can be YOURS!

Plenty of history cookbooks have been written on early dining, but CHARLEMAGNE'S TABLECLOTH: A PIQUANT HISTORY OF FEASTING goes a step further than most, narrowing the focus to the feast or banquet tradition and surveying a history of grand dinners through the ages - both successes and failures. Ceremonies accompanying such feasts around the world are surveyed, explanations of great feasting purposes and operations revealed, and special ingredients. A 'must' for any who would understand the history of elaborate feasts.