Edited by Harlan Walker. 336 pages. OXFORD SYMPOSIUM ON FOOD AND COOKERY 1996 PROCEEDINGS CONTENTS ASSYRIAN FLAT BREAD: FROM MESOPOTAMIA TO SWEDEN Michael Abdalla ---------- 9 'GOD SENDS MEAT, BUT THE DEVIL SENDS COOKS', OR 'A SOLITARY PLEASURE': THE TRAVELS OF THE HONOURABLE JOHN BYNG THROUGH ENGLAND AND WALES IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY Joan P. Alcock ---------- 14 A MEAL IN A PIECE OF PASTA Josephine Bacon ---------- 32 THE MOST TRAVELLED FOOD IN THE WORLD, THE PEANUT A. Blake ---------- 34 TRAVELERS' DIARRHEA, THE SCIENCE OF 'MONTEZUMA'S REVENGE' Fritz Blank ---------- 38 WILLIAM BARTRAM'S TRAVELS IN LANDS OF AMERINDIAN TOBACCO AND CAFFEINE: FOODWAYS OF SEMINOLES, CREEKS AND CHEROKEES Phyllis Pray Bober ---------- 44 PATENTS FOR PORTABILITY, COOKING ABOARD SHIP 1650-1850 Helen Clifford ---------- 52 DOMESTICATING WESTERN FOOD IN JAPAN, A COMPARATIVE VIEW Katarzyna Cwiertka ---------- 64 CHRISTMAS DINNER IN BYZANTIUM Andrew Dalby ---------- 75 FOOD AND THE ROMAN ARMY: TRAVEL, TRANSPORT, AND TRANSMISSION (WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE PROVINCE OF BRITANNIA) Carol A. Dery ---------- 84 QUEEN CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE BAROQUE BANQUET IN ITALY June di Schino ---------- 97 SALMON, THE FOOD THAT TRAVELS John Doerper ---------- 102 THREE LUNCHES: SOME CULINARY REMINISCENCES OF THE APTLY NAMED COOK ISLANDS Hugo Dunn-Meynell ---------- 111 AN ENGLISHMAN CIVILIZES THE AMERICAN WEST: FRED HARVEY AND THE HARVEY GIRLS FEED THE HUNGRY TRAVELLER Barbara Haber ---------- 114 HOW ARABIC TRADITIONS TRAVELLED TO ENGLAND Constance B. Hieatt ---------- 120 'THE FISHY AND VEGETABLE ABOMINATIONS KNOWN AS JAPANESE FOOD' Richard Hosking ---------- 127 RAW LIVER AND MORE: FEASTING WITH THE BURIATS OF SOUTHERN SIBERIA Sharon Hudgins ---------- 136 ONIONS WITH NO BOTTOMS AND CHICKENS WITH NO TOPS: SHOPPING FOR FOOD IN THE EMERGING MARKET ECONOMY OF SIBERIA AND THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST Tom Hudgins ---------- 157 ARABIAN TRAVELLERS' OBSERVATIONS ON BEDOUIN FOOD Philip Iddison ---------- 177 EATING THE WORLD: FOODS OF THE UNITED NATIONS Eve Jochnowitz ---------- 186 THE GARDENERS OF EUROPE Maria Kaneua-Johnson ---------- 195 FOOD FOR THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION: EXPLORING NORTH WEST AMERICA, 1804-6 Mary Wallace Kelsey ---------- 200 PAXIMADIA (BARLEY BISCUITS): FOOD FOR SAILORS, TRAVELLERS AND POOR ISLANDERS Aglaia Kremezi ---------- 208 SPACE, TIME AND FOOD (BARBECUED ELEPHANT, SAUCISSES MI-CHEVAL-MI-PORC, WHALE'S MILK) Nicholas Kurti ---------- 212 THE PAVLOVA CAKE: THE EVOLUTION OF A NATIONAL DISH Helen M. Leach ---------- 219 BEYOND OLD COOKBOOKS: FOUR TRAVELERS' ACCOUNTS Margaret Leibenstein ---------- 224 EUROPEAN FOOD IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AS VIEWED BY A VENEZUELAN TRAVELLER Jose Rafael Lovera ---------- 230 THE AVAILABILITY OF EXOTIC VEGETABLES AND HERBS AS A REFLECTION OF ETHNIC POPULATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN Michael Michaud & Mark Redman ---------- 237 THE HORSEBACK KITCHEN OF CENTRAL ASIA Charles Perry ---------- 243 KALAKUKO: FOOD FOR THE HOME AND TRAVEL Jaako Rahola ---------- 249 FOOD IN THE SEPHARDI DIASPORA: FROM SPAIN TO ISTANBUL Claudia Roden ---------- 251 'MESSING ABOUT IN BOATS', THE YORK CHAMBERLAINS' ACCOUNTS, 1444-5 Ann Rycraft ---------- 258 TRAVEL AND FOOD IN AFGHANISTAN Helen J. Saberi ---------- 265 TIN PLATES AND SILVER CHRISTENING MUGS: TRAVELS WITH MADAME GARY Alice Wooledge Salmon ---------- 274 BREAD AND TRAVEL: TRAVELLING SOURDOUGH Dan M. Schickentanz with Siluija Davidson --- 280 THE PORTUGUESE INFLUENCE ON BENGALI CUISINE Colleen Taylor Sen ---------- 288 HARD RATIONS Roy Shipperbottom ---------- 299 GROWING MOMENTUM TOWARDS A GLOBAL CUISINE Art Siemering ---------- 304 ROCAMBOLE, A SHORT JOURNEY Colin Spencer ---------- 307 DANCING WITH THE MERMAIDS: SHIP'S BISCUIT AND PORTABLE SOUP Layinka Swinburne ---------- 309 SALT COD, A PORTUGUESE OBSESSION Edite Vieira ---------- 321 TRAVEL AND CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN FOOD Hugh Wennerbom ----------325 SYMPOSIASTS 1996 ---------- 334 AVAILABILITY: This title is out of print. The table of contents is presented here for informational purposes only. |
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