Volker Bach is a freelance translator, English teacher at a private language school in Hamburg, and freelance historical cooking instructor at Hamburg University English Department. He has published one book on culinary history.

Bach’s monograph is a valuable resource, both for those with a specific interest in culinary history and for historians of early modern Germany who seek to develop a fuller picture of the lives their subjects lived. It is perhaps a professional hazard for historians that, in our fascination with texts and ideas and laws, it can sometimes be tempting to forget that early modern Germans, from Luther and Charles V to peasants in Bavaria or Alsace, were fully embodied human beings. They engaged in the world around them not only with their minds but also with their senses, and Volker Bach’s book is an excellent way to gain insight into an important aspect of their everyday lived realities. Seasoned scholars and nonspecialists alike will find much of value in his work.

Volker Bach is a freelance translator, English teacher at a private language school in Hamburg, and freelance historical cooking instructor at Hamburg University English Department. He has published one book on culinary history.

Bach’s monograph is a valuable resource, both for those with a specific interest in culinary history and for historians of early modern Germany who seek to develop a fuller picture of the lives their subjects lived. It is perhaps a professional hazard for historians that, in our fascination with texts and ideas and laws, it can sometimes be tempting to forget that early modern Germans, from Luther and Charles V to peasants in Bavaria or Alsace, were fully embodied human beings. They engaged in the world around them not only with their minds but also with their senses, and Volker Bach’s book is an excellent way to gain insight into an important aspect of their everyday lived realities. Seasoned scholars and nonspecialists alike will find much of value in his work.

Volker Bach is a freelance translator, English teacher at a private language school in Hamburg, and freelance historical cooking instructor at Hamburg University English Department. He has published one book on culinary history.

Bach’s monograph is a valuable resource, both for those with a specific interest in culinary history and for historians of early modern Germany who seek to develop a fuller picture of the lives their subjects lived. It is perhaps a professional hazard for historians that, in our fascination with texts and ideas and laws, it can sometimes be tempting to forget that early modern Germans, from Luther and Charles V to peasants in Bavaria or Alsace, were fully embodied human beings. They engaged in the world around them not only with their minds but also with their senses, and Volker Bach’s book is an excellent way to gain insight into an important aspect of their everyday lived realities. Seasoned scholars and nonspecialists alike will find much of value in his work.