[Le Structures of Frervday Life 
of living, 133 - Bread of the rich, bread and gruel of 
the poor, 136 - To buy bread, or bake it at home?. 
139 - Grain rules Furope, 143. 
Rice 
Rice cultivated dry and in paddy fields, 146 The 
miracle of the paddy fields, 14= The importance of 
rice, 152. 
Maize 
Well-ascertaimed origins, 158 - Maize and Amenican 
civilizations, 159. 
The dietary revolutions of the eighteenth century 
Maize outside America, 164 - Potatoes: a great future, 
167 - Eating other people's bread, 1-1. 
The rest of the world 
The people of the hoe, 1~4 - The 
1-8. 
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SUPERFLUITY AND SUFFICIENCY 
FOOD AND DRINK 
Eating habits: luxury and the foods of the masses 
A belated luxury, 187 - Carnivorous Europe, 190 
The decline in meat consumption after 1550, 194 
Europe's privileged position, 199 - The extravagance 
of the table, 202 - Laying the table, 203 - The slow 
adoption of good manners, 206 - At the table of 
Christ, 207 - Everyday foods: salt, 209 - Everyday 
foods: dairy products, fats, eggs, 210 - Everyday ool 
foods, 214 - Cod fishing, 216 - The decline in the 
vogue for pepper after 1650, 220 - Sugar conquers t 
world, 224. 
Drinks, stimulants and drugs . 
Water, 227 — Wine, 231 — Beer, 238 - Cider, 240 
The belated popularity of alcohol in Europe. 241 
Alcoholism outside Furope, 247 - Chocolate, tea. 
coffee, 249 - Stimulants: the glories of tobacco, 260.