Great courses (DVD). Better living.

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Award-winning Professor Ken Albala of the University of the Pacific takes viewers on a fascinating international journey through civilization across the ages and around the world, all through the lens of cooking. In 24 fascinating lectures, while he cooks, Dr. Albala welcomes viewers into his own home kitchen, encouraging them to explore unfamiliar cuisines as a type of gastronomic time travel that will allow them to get a taste of history like they₂ve never experienced before!

Wide screen

24 lectures; 30 minutes per lecture

Director, The Great Courses

Lecturer: Professor Ken Albala, University of the Pacific

DVD

Closed captioned

disc 1.

Understanding culture through cooking ; Ancient Rome: cooking with Apicius ; Imperial China: soybeans and dumplings ; Medieval Egypt: Chickpeas and phyllo dough ; Feast like a Viking with meat and beer ; Medieval France's touch for sugar and spice --

disc 2.

Renaissance Italy's sweets and pasta ; Crafting aphrodisiacs from the Renaissance ; Aztec tortillas and chocolate ; Papal Rome: meat rolls and eggplant ; Dining with Don Quixote in imperial Spain ; Portugal and Japan: cakes and katsuobushi --

disc 3.

Vegetarian India: jackfruit and rice ; Birth of French haute cuisine ; Post-Puritan England: Hippocras and cookies ; China's last dynasty: elegant simplicity ; Early America: johnnycake and pumpkin ; French Canadian tourtière meat pie --

disc 4.

Victorian working-class meals ; Imperial Germany's cabbage and sauerbraten ; Imperial Russia's piroshki and coulibiac ; Brazil and West Africa: black bean stew ; America's Can-opener cookbook ; Foodie era: cooking with the world