Cooking across the ages.
Award-winning Professor Ken Albala of the University of the Pacific takes viewers on a fascinating international journey through civilization across the ages and around the world, all through the lens of cooking. In 24 fascinating lectures, while he cooks, Dr. Albala welcomes viewers into his own home kitchen, encouraging them to explore unfamiliar cuisines as a type of gastronomic time travel that will allow them to get a taste of history like they₂ve never experienced before!
Record details
- ISBN: 9781629978734
- ISBN: 1629978736
- Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses, [2020]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from sell sheet. Wide screen. |
Formatted Contents Note: | disc 1. Understanding culture through cooking ; Ancient Rome: cooking with Apicius ; Imperial China: soybeans and dumplings ; Medieval Egypt: Chickpeas and phyllo dough ; Feast like a Viking with meat and beer ; Medieval France's touch for sugar and spice -- disc 2. Renaissance Italy's sweets and pasta ; Crafting aphrodisiacs from the Renaissance ; Aztec tortillas and chocolate ; Papal Rome: meat rolls and eggplant ; Dining with Don Quixote in imperial Spain ; Portugal and Japan: cakes and katsuobushi -- disc 3. Vegetarian India: jackfruit and rice ; The birth of French haute cuisine ; Post-Puritan England: Hippocras and cookies ; China's last dynasty: elegant simplicity ; Early America: johnnycake and pumpkin ; The French Canadian tourtière meat pie -- disc 4. Victorian working-class meals ; Imperial Germany's cabbage and sauerbraten ; Imperial Russia's piroshki and coulibiac ; Brazil and West Africa: black bean stew ; America's Can-opener cookbook ; The foodie era: cooking with the world. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer: Professor Ken Albala, University of the Pacific. |
System Details Note: | DVD. |
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Subject: | Cooking > History. |
Genre: | Educational films. Nonfiction films. Historical films. Lectures. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 641.5 COOKI AC (Text) | 33126019224447 | Recorded Lectures | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | 641.5 COOKI AC (Text) | 33126019224421 | Recorded Lectures | Available | - |