@article{314073,
      author = {Fletcher, Nichola,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/314073},
      title = {Charlemagne's tablecloth : a piquant history of feasting  /},
      publisher = {St. Martin's Press,},
      abstract = {Feasts, banquets, and grand dinners have always played a  vital role in our lives. They oil the wheels of diplomacy,  smooth the paths of the ambitious, and spread joy at family  celebrations. Fletcher has written a history of feasts  throughout the ages that includes the dramatic failures  along with the dazzling successes. From a humble meal of  potatoes provided by an angel, to the extravagance of the  high medieval and Renaissance tables groaning with red deer  and wild boar, to the exquisite refinement of the Japanese  tea ceremony, this book covers them all. For anyone who has  ever sat down at a banquet table and wondered, "Why?"  Nichola Fletcher provides the answer in a book that is a  feast all its own.--From publisher description.},
      recid = {314073},
      pages = {xiii, 256 p.,[24] p. of plates :},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2005},
}