Playing cards: Origins of a pastime that does not know Sunset
Vecchie carte da gioco Le carte da gioco [...]
Table Knives: how they changed from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
Bronze Renaissance table knife Also i [...]
Tax on the Hat: one of the strangest Balzelli in history
Men's and women's fashion in the 19th century. From 1784 al 1811, [...]
Tax on Wigs: the End of an Era and a Fashion
Showy eighteenth-century wigs. The wig tax was there [...]
Medicinal Wines: in the fifteenth century people were also treated like this
A man drinks one of the medicinal wines as much in [...]
Antonio Latini: the cook who decreed the success of the tomatoes at the table
The beginning of the success of tomatoes on the table is due to [...]
Pastry Renaissance: the Diffusi Sweets and News
Sumptuous and varied Renaissance pastry What characteristics it had [...]
Eating habits “new” In the Renaissance: Vegetables and Fruit Favorite
The discovery of America (1492) forever changed the habits [...]
Dairy products: Cheeses feeding Renaissance
Cheeses and other dairy products on a table prepared [...]
Cologne: a portentous “Medicine” Settecentesca
In the '700, Eau de Cologne was used by nobles [...]