[Sca-cooks] Re: dietary theory/humors (was: what is your project?)

[tgl at mailer.uni-marburg.de]

> I was reading a few months ago in a magazine (I think Scientific American?)
> that someone was bringing out a book on the history of dietary theory, which
> would naturally include a section on humors. Does anyone have details of
> this?

Whatever you saw mentioned, you might also look for:

-- Ken Albala: For the stomach's sake. Food and nutrition in the
Renaissance. Berkeley (Univ. of Calif. Press) 2001.

To appear in fall, if I am not mistaken. I saw the source list, which
looks VERY promising.

Th.