A01=Demet Guzey
Author_Demet Guzey
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christianity
condiments
cookbook
cramps
dijon
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faith
flavor
folklore
food
foodways
globalization
healing
health
history
international
language
literature
medicine
mustard seed
mythology
nonfiction
perseverance
pilgrimage
recipes
religion
remedies
running
sharpness
spirituality
strength
symbolism
taste
Product details
- ISBN 9781789141436
- Dimensions: 120 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 16 Sep 2019
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Whether grainy or smooth, spicy or sweet, Dijon, American or English, mustard accompanies our food and flavours our life around the globe. It has been a source of pleasure, health and myth from ancient times to the present day, its tiny seed a symbol of faith and its pungent flavour a testimony to refined taste. In this delightful global history, Demet Güzey takes readers on a tour of the ubiquitous mustard, exploring its origins, its use in medicine and in the kitchen, its place in literature, language and religion, and its strong symbolism of sharpness, perseverance and strength. There are stories of mustard plasters used to treat melancholy, runners eating mustard to prevent cramps, and Christians spreading mustard seeds along pilgrimage trails.
Packed with entertaining mustard facts, anecdotes and images, as well as a selection of historic and modern recipes, this surprising history of one of the world’s most loved condiments will appeal to food history aficionados.
Demet Güzey is a food and wine writer, researcher and lecturer based in Verona, Italy. She is the author of Food on Foot: A History of Eating on Trails and in the Wild (2017).
