A short history of spaghetti with tomato sauce /
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Author / Creator: | Montanari, Massimo, 1949- author. |
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Uniform title: | Il mito delle origini : breve storia degli spaghetti al pomodoro English |
Imprint: | New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2021. ©2021 |
Description: | 119 pages ; illustrations ; 22 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12717940 |
Other authors / contributors: | Conti, Gregory, 1952- translator. |
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ISBN: | 9781609457099 1609457099 |
Notes: | "The unbelievable true story of the world's most beloved dish"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages [105]-116) and index. Text in English, translated from the Italian. |
Summary: | "Is it possible to identify a starting point in history from which everything else unfolds--a single moment that can explain the present and reveal the essence of our identities? According to Massimo Montanari, this is just a myth: by themselves, origins explain very little and historical phenomena can only be understood dynamically--by looking at how events and identities develop and change as a result of encounters and combinations that are often unexpected. As Montanari shows in this lively, brilliant, and surprising essay, all you need to debunk the "origins myth" is a plate of spaghetti. By tracing the history of the one of Italy's "national dishes"--from Asia to America, from Africa to Europe; from the beginning of agriculture to the Middle Ages and up to the 20th century--he shows that in order to understand who we are (our identity) we almost always need to look beyond ourselves to other cultures, peoples, and traditions." -- |
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