Recipe books are a key part of food history; they register the ideals and practices of domestic work, physical health and sustenance and they are at the heart of material culture as it was experienced by early modern Englishwomen. In a world in which daily sustenance and physical health were primarily women's responsibilities, women were central to these texts that record what was both a traditional art and new science. The texts reprinted in these two volumes allow readers to reconstruct the history of recipes, both medical and culinary, from the mid-sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century, and situate that history within the larger scientific and intellectual practices of the period.
Maria Stella, ou Echange criminel d'une demoiselle du plus haut rang contre un garcon de la condition la plus vile...Date de l'edition originale: 1830Sujet de l'ouvrage: Newborough, Maria Stella Petronilla Chiappini, ladyCe livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF.Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique.En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles.Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction.Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr
Milk allergies can develop in babies under a year old. There's good news: most kids don't have severe allergic reactions to milk products and many will eventually outgrow it. Readers learn the signs of a milk allergy and what kinds of food to avoid if they have such an allergy. Full-color images help draw readers into age-appropriate explanations and science information about an important subject they'll likely encounter in their own life or that of a friend.
Food allergies can be difficult to deal with, especially when they're to such a common fruit as the strawberry. While allergic reactions to this fruit are usually mild, severe stomach and respiratory problems may occur. Readers learn the cause of strawberry allergies and the most common symptoms. The concise introduction of reactions helps readers to identify a friend or family member in need or to express their own condition to others. Full-color photographs aid in preparing readers for quick action if an allergic reaction occurs.
In August 1960 the publication of "Quarto de Despejo" ("Child of the Dark") created a sensation in Brazil - and in the rest of the world - as it appeared in translations in fourteen languages. That diary of a poor black woman from a favela on the outskirts of Sao Paulo became the best-selling book in Brazilian history. In it, Carolina Maria de Jesus chronicled her life as an unemployed, single parent of three children, eking out a precarious existence selling scrap paper and other detritus found in the city streets. She described how she wrote at night on the scavenged scraps. Her remarkable diary - angry, proud, wretched, and hopeful - was found and published by an enterprising journalist. The book's success permitted Carolina to leave her flimsy shack in triumph and move into the cinder-block house of her fantasy."I'm Going to Have a Little House" is de Jesus' second diary. It covers the first year following her rise to fame. In it she recounts her struggles with celebrity, middle-class expectations, and the racial and social tensions her success had exacerbated. This work, never previously translated into English, tells the rest of the story - the grim truth that favela life doesn't prepare one for middle-class 'respectability' and that the fall back into poverty is as easy as the struggle to escape it is difficult. Carolina Maria de Jesus died in 1977, forgotten and in poverty. Robert M Levine is a professor of history and Director of Latin American Studies at the University of Miami. He is the author of "The Life and Death of Carolina Maria de Jesus". Melvin S. Arrington, Jr. is a professor of modern languages at the University of Mississippi.
