Course Description

In the last twenty years historians have turned with ever more interest to food as a key for understanding the past. Italy is particularly interesting in this respect. Modern Italian identity is based, in large part, on food. And many Italian ‘staples’ from pasta to olive oil, from ice-cream to wine, from pizza to risotto, have interesting stories that give insights into Italian culture and Italian history. Through a series of class visits, tasting experiences and more conventional power-point based lectures we will look at Italian food in prehistory, antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and more recent times.

Note: This course maybe taken individually. Student do not have to be enrolled in the Food Studies Program to take this course – No prerequisites.

Course Materials

Students will purchase a specially prepared course packet.