Tastes Of Paradise: From the extravagant use of pepper in the Middle Ages to the Protestant bourgeoisie's love of coffee to the reason why fashionable Europeans stopped sniffing tobacco and starting smoking it, Schivelbusch looks at how the appetite for pleasure transformed the social structure of the Old World. Illustrations. Plenty to look forward to on BBC channels in May - Media Update
Plenty to look forward to on BBC channels in May Media Update With immense fortunes to be made, explorers set forth in search of these tastes of paradise in the 15 th and 16 th centuries. Humble follows in these explorers' footsteps, travelling to India to uncover the story of the most heavily traded spice in the ... |
