Savoring Power, Consuming the TimesPina Palmas Savoring Power, Consuming the Times: The Metaphors of Food in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature is an innovative look at the writings of five important Italian authorsBoccaccios Decameron, Pulcis Morgante, Boiardos Innamorato, Ariostos Furioso, and Aretinos Ragionamento. Through the prism of gastronomy, Palma examines these key works in the Western literary canon, bringing into focus how their authors use food and gastronomy as a