Ken Albala (B.A., George Washington University; M.A., Yale; M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia) is Professor of History at University of the Pacific and also teaches in the Gastronomy program at Boston University. His Food History class is currently being filmed for the Great Courses company. He has authored over a dozen books on food history, including "Eating Right in the Renaissance "(2002), "Food in Early Modern Europe "(2003), "Cooking in Europe 1250-1650 "(2005), "The Banquet: Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe "(2007), "Beans: A History "(winner of the 2008 International Societ...