书名：Repast (British Museum): The Story of Food / 盛宴（大英博物馆）：食物简史
定价：288.0
ISBN：9780500481158
作者：Jenny Linford
版次：1
出版时间：2025-05

内容提要：

出版商：Thames & Hudson

出版日期：2025 年 5 月 20 日

语言：英语

印刷页数：256 页

ISBN：9780500481158

商品重量：1.1 千克

尺寸：19.8 × 3.0 × 25.7 厘米

A deliciously fascinating, expertly written global tour of cooking, eating, and drinking, told through objects in the collection of the British Museum.

Our insatiable appetite for creativity in the kitchen―or around the open fire―is reflected in the fascinating objects explored in this book. Written by food writer Jenny Linford in collaboration with the British Museum, Repast focuses on artifacts in the museum’s collection―from ancient clay cooking vessels to exquisite gold cups―spanning multiple continents and dating from prehistory to the modern day.

Taking a broadly chronological approach to the subject, the book is arranged into thirteen thematic chapters, starting with explorations of hunting and gathering and ending with the history of eating out; along the way, agriculture, alcohol, and cooking―among other subjects―are also investigated. Interspersed among the many remarkable objects examined in each chapter is a series of in-depth essays on such topics as tea (the world’s most consumed drink after water), pork (one of the world's most consumed meats), and wheat (the source of 20 percent of the world's human calorie consumption), revealing the many social, cultural, and religious aspects of food.

Through a feast of words and images, Repast presents the irresistible, international story of food, drink, and the culinary arts.

300 color illustrations

这是一场妙趣横生、文笔精湛的关于烹饪、饮食的全球之旅，通过大英博物馆馆藏的物品娓娓道来。

我们在厨房中——或是在篝火旁——对创造力永不满足的渴望，在本书所探讨的迷人器物中得到了体现。这本《盛宴》由美食作家珍妮·林福德与大英博物馆合作撰写，聚焦于博物馆藏品中的手工艺品——从古老的陶制炊具到精美的金杯——它们横跨多个大洲，年代从史前一直延续到现代。

本书采用大致按时间顺序的方式来探讨这一主题，共分为十三个主题章节，从对狩猎和采集的探究开始，以外出就餐的历史结束；在此过程中，还探讨了农业、酒类和烹饪等诸多主题。每一章中，在众多引人注目的器物之间，穿插了一系列深入的散文，涉及茶（世界上消耗量仅次于水的饮品）、猪肉（世界上消耗量最大的肉类之一）和小麦（占全球人类热量消耗的20%）等话题，揭示了食物所蕴含的诸多社会、文化和宗教层面的意义。

通过文字与图像的盛宴，《盛宴》呈现了一个关于食物、饮品和烹饪艺术的极具吸引力的国际故事。

300幅彩色插图