Before cookbooks
Before speaking of Piedmontese cuisine, look at bread, wine, grains, kitchen gardens, preservation and seasonal availability.
HISTORY OF PIEDMONTESE CUISINE
Before “Piedmontese cuisine”
Before nineteenth-century codification, food practices differ between city and countryside, plain and mountain, wealthy tables and popular meals.
A social history
Wealthy tables, popular meals and home cooking coexist. Regional cuisine also grows out of these social and territorial differences.