Around the Tuscan Table

Download or read book Around the Tuscan Table written by Carole M. Counihan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-05-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delicious book, noted food scholar Carole M. Counihan presents a compelling and artfully told narrative about family and food in late 20th-century Florence. Based on solid research, Counihan examines how family, and especially gender have changed in Florence since the end of World War II to the present, giving us a portrait of the changing nature of modern life as exemplified through food and foodways.