Reviews
The topic is alluring, the style accessible...It is very timely to have a book on Italian food that is a work of serious scholarship...[This is] a book that many of us have been waiting for., "Oneof the finest cultural histories of recent times. Helstosky shows there is much we can learn about the history of a society from its culinary culture. Marvellous."--Paul Lay, BBC History "Packed with fascinating insights."-- The Guardian "The topic is alluring, the style accessible...It is very timely to have a book on Italian food that is a work of serious scholarship...[This is] a book that many of us have been waiting for."--Robert Lumley, University College London "Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic and Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories."--John A. Davis, University of Connecticut 'In this fascinating study Carol Helstosky shows that politics play no less a role than culture, environment and the social order in shaping what we eat. Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories.' -John A. Davis, University of Connecticut, "Oneof the finest cultural histories of recent times. Helstosky shows there is much we can learn about the history of a society from its culinary culture. Marvellous."--Paul Lay, BBC History "Packed with fascinating insights."--"The Guardian" "The topic is alluring, the style accessible...It is very timely to have a book on Italian food that is a work of serious scholarship...[This is] a book that many of us have been waiting for."--Robert Lumley, University College London "Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes "Garlic and Oil" an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories."--John A. Davis, University of Connecticut 'In this fascinating study Carol Helstosky shows that politics play no less a role than culture, environment and the social order in shaping what we eat. Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories.' -John A. Davis, University of Connecticut, 'Packed with fascinating insights.' The Guardian 'One of the finest cultural histories of recent times Helstosky shows there is much we can learn about the history of a society from its culinary culture. Marvellous.' BBC History 'Garlic and Oil is a fine work of history. Helstosky has successfully combined two relatively new areas of research - the history of consumerism and food studies - to produce an original, informative and stimulating account of Italian eating habits in the modern era.' Journal of History 'The topic is alluring, the style accessible It is very timely to have a book on Italian food that is a work of serious scholarship [This is] a book that many of us have been waiting for.' Robert Lumley, University College London 'This meticulously researched and gracefully written history of Italian food politics provides a fascinating background for understanding contemporary Italian cuisine and culture.' Carole Counihan, Millersville University and author of Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Gender and Family in Twentieth Century Italy 'Why have Italians been able to resist the blandishments of fast food for so long? In this fascinating study Carol Helstosky shows that politics play no less a role than culture, environment and the social order in shaping what we eat. Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories.' John A. Davis, University of Connecticut 'Garlic and Oil does represent an important historical reconstruction of the relation between state politics and food consumption patterns, and will be useful for historians of consumption as well as for historians in general, especially for those involved with the Fascist period, which is to some degree reframed from the perspective of food consumption. The book will also be helpful for scholars of consumption, especially for those involved with contemporary food culture, representing and important historical framework of the development of food consumption in Italy, particularly for the attention paid to the construction of public and expert discourse about food in Italy.' Paolo Magaudda, University of Padova, In this fascinating study Carol Helstosky shows that politics play no less a role than culture, environment and the social order in shaping what we eat. Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories., 'Packed with fascinating insights.' The Guardian 'One of the finest cultural histories of recent times Helstosky shows there is much we can learn about the history of a society from its culinary culture. Marvellous.' BBC History 'Garlic and Oil is a fine work of history. Helstosky has successfully combined two relatively new areas of research - the history of consumerism and food studies - to produce an original, informative and stimulating account of Italian eating habits in the modern era.' Journal of History 'The topic is alluring, the style accessible It is very timely to have a book on Italian food that is a work of serious scholarship [This is] a book that many of us have been waiting for.' Robert Lumley, University College London 'This meticulously researched and gracefully written history of Italian food politics provides a fascinating background for understanding contemporary Italian cuisine and culture.' Carole Counihan, Millersville University and author of Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Gender and Family in Twentieth Century Italy 'Why have Italians been able to resist the blandishments of fast food for so long? In this fascinating study Carol Helstosky shows that politics play no less a role than culture, environment and the social order in shaping what we eat. Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories.' John A. Davis, University of Connecticut, 'Packed with fascinating insights.'The Guardian'One of the finest cultural histories of recent times Helstosky shows there is much we can learn about the history of a society from its culinary culture. Marvellous.'BBC History'Garlic and Oil is a fine work of history. Helstosky has successfully combined two relatively new areas of research - the history of consumerism and food studies - to produce an original, informative and stimulating account of Italian eating habits in the modern era.'Journal of History'The topic is alluring, the style accessible It is very timely to have a book on Italian food that is a work of serious scholarship [This is] a book that many of us have been waiting for.'Robert Lumley, University College London'This meticulously researched and gracefully written history of Italian food politics provides a fascinating background for understanding contemporary Italian cuisine and culture.'Carole Counihan, Millersville University and author of Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Gender and Family in Twentieth Century Italy'Why have Italians been able to resist the blandishments of fast food for so long? In this fascinating study Carol Helstosky shows that politics play no less a role than culture, environment and the social order in shaping what we eat. Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories.'John A. Davis, University of Connecticut'Garlic and Oil does represent an important historical reconstruction of the relation between state politics and food consumption patterns, and will be useful for historians of consumption as well as for historians in general, especially for those involved with the Fascist period, which is to some degree reframed from the perspective of food consumption. The book will also be helpful for scholars of consumption, especially for those involved with contemporary food culture, representing and important historical framework of the development of food consumption in Italy, particularly for the attention paid to the construction of public and expert discourse about food in Italy.'Paolo Magaudda, University of Padova, "Oneof the finest cultural histories of recent times. Helstosky shows there is much we can learn about the history of a society from its culinary culture. Marvellous." -- Paul Lay, BBC History "Packed with fascinating insights." -- The Guardian "The topic is alluring, the style accessible...It is very timely to have a book on Italian food that is a work of serious scholarship...[This is] a book that many of us have been waiting for." -- Robert Lumley, University College London "Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic and Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories." -- John A. Davis, University of Connecticut "In this fascinating study Carol Helstosky shows that politics play no less a role than culture, environment and the social order in shaping what we eat. Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories." --John A. Davis, University of Connecticut, "Oneof the finest cultural histories of recent times. Helstosky shows there is much we can learn about the history of a society from its culinary culture. Marvellous."--Paul Lay, BBC History "Packed with fascinating insights."--The Guardian "The topic is alluring, the style accessible...It is very timely to have a book on Italian food that is a work of serious scholarship...[This is] a book that many of us have been waiting for."--Robert Lumley, University College London "Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic and Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories."--John A. Davis, University of Connecticut 'In this fascinating study Carol Helstosky shows that politics play no less a role than culture, environment and the social order in shaping what we eat. Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories.' -John A. Davis, University of Connecticut, 'Packed with fascinating insights.'The Guardian'One of the finest cultural histories of recent times Helstosky shows there is much we can learn about the history of a society from its culinary culture. Marvellous.'BBC History'Garlic and Oil is a fine work of history. Helstosky has successfully combined two relatively new areas of research - the history of consumerism and food studies - to produce an original, informative and stimulating account of Italian eating habits in the modern era.'Journal of History'The topic is alluring, the style accessible It is very timely to have a book on Italian food that is a work of serious scholarship [This is] a book that many of us have been waiting for.'Robert Lumley, University College London'This meticulously researched and gracefully written history of Italian food politics provides a fascinating background for understanding contemporary Italian cuisine and culture.'Carole Counihan, Millersville University and author of Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Gender and Family in Twentieth Century Italy'Why have Italians been able to resist the blandishments of fast food for so long? In this fascinating study Carol Helstosky shows that politics play no less a role than culture, environment and the social order in shaping what we eat. Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories.'John A. Davis, University of Connecticut, "Oneof the finest cultural histories of recent times. Helstosky shows there is much we can learn about the history of a society from its culinary culture. Marvellous."--Paul Lay, BBC History "Packed with fascinating insights."--The Guardian "The topic is alluring, the style accessible...It is very timely to have a book on Italian food that is a work of serious scholarship...[This is] a book that many of us have been waiting for."--Robert Lumley, University College London "Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makesGarlic and Oilan original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories."--John A. Davis, University of Connecticut 'In this fascinating study Carol Helstosky shows that politics play no less a role than culture, environment and the social order in shaping what we eat. Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories.' -John A. Davis, University of Connecticut, Oneof the finest cultural histories of recent times. Helstosky shows there is much we can learn about the history of a society from its culinary culture. Marvellous., Her exploration of the origins and survival of the 'Mediterranean diet' from Mussolini to the present makes Garlic and Oil an original and immensely readable contribution to the rapidly growing literature on food and its many histories.
