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Spanning over half a million years, this describes the world history of food and the way in which food has influenced the whole course of human development.
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xiv 424p paperback, 16 halftone plates, many figures in text, bibliography, index, very good condition
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A powerful spellbinder...gives us extraordinary insights into our past (Colin Spencer in the Guardian)
Wondrous (Paul Levy in the Observer)
The book that makes all your cookbooks make sense...Bulging with information, anecdote, scholarly detail and unscholarly wit. Cooks, historians, novelists, eaters: everyone should read this (Nigella Lawson in the Spectator)
A fascinating detective story (Frances Bissell in The Times)
Wit and erudition combine in a survey of man's search for food and how it has directed history and shaped the course of religion and society, exploration and technology. A banquet for everyone (Observer)
Meticulously researched and packed with interesting facts (Time Out)
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Food in history (Penguin cookery library)
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