A Mediterranean Feast

A Mediterranean Feast: The Story of the Birth of the Celebrated Cuisines of the Mediterranean, From the Merchants of Venice to the Barbary Corsairs, with More than 500 Recipes by Clifford A. Wright (William Morrow and Company, Inc., Second Printing 1999). Large format Hardcover book with dust jacket in Very Good condition. _______________________________________________________________________________ James Beard Foundation Cookbook Awards:  Cookbook of the Year. A groundbreaking culinary work of extraordinary depth and scope that spans more than one thousand years of history, A Mediterranean Feast tells the sweeping story of the birth of the venerated and diverse cuisines of the Mediterranean. Author Clifford A. Wright weaves together historical and culinary strands from Moorish Spain to North Africa, from coastal France to the Balearic Islands, from Sicily and the kingdoms of Italy to Greece, the Balkan coast, Turkey, and the Near East. The evolution of these cuisines is not simply t