Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Food and Drink In Ireland
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The Royal Irish Academy was founded in 1785 to “promote the study of science, polite literature, and antiquities.”
This particular collection of papers from 2015 is only the second they have released with a particular theme and contains fourteen works from recognized scholars, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches.
The articles cover periods from prehistory to the twentieth century and include such pieces as:
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Fulachtaí fia [burnt mounds] and Bronze Age cooking in Ireland: reappraising the evidence
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“He is not entitled to butter;” the diet of peasants and commoners in early medieval Ireland
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Food and culinary culture of pre-Famine Ireland
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Beef with potatoes: food, agriculture and sustainability in modern Ireland
Paperback. 430 pages. 8¼” x 10” Black-and-white and color photographs. Maps
