TY - BOOK AU - Laudan,Rachel TI - Cuisine and empire: cooking in world history T2 - California studies in food and culture SN - 9780520286313 (pbk.) U1 - 641.5 LAU 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Cooking KW - History KW - Food habits KW - Food KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-438) and index; Mastering grain cookery, 2,000-300 B.C.E -- The barley-wheat cuisines of the ancient empires, 500 B.C.E.-400 C.E -- Buddhism transforms the cuisines of eastern Asia, 200 B.C.E.-800 C.E -- Islam transforms the cuisines of central and west Asia, 800-1650 C.E -- Christianity transforms the cuisines of Europe and the Americas, 100-1650 C.E -- Prelude to modern cuisines: Europe, 1650-1840 -- Modern cuisines in the industrializing regions, 1810-1920 -- The globalization of modern cuisines, 1920-2000 ER -