The Primal Feast - Hardcover

Allport, Susan

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ISBN 10: 0609601490 ISBN 13: 9780609601495

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 2000

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Explores the role of food among animals and its connection to the eating customs, habits, and behavior of humans.

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About the Author:

Susan Allport's previous books include A Natural History of Parenting, Sermons in Stone, and Explorers of the Black Box. She has lectured at the American Museum of Natural History and has contributed articles to The New York Times, Audubon magazine, and other publications. She lives in Katonah, New York.

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er and naturalist Susan Allport takes readers on a passionate investigation of how the quest for food shapes our destinies and how our preferences for food were formed. In an engaging mix of in-depth research and personal anecdotes, the author of A Natural History of Parenting presents a delightful feast of facts and reflections on how food affects the lives of every creature, from forest animal to dining room gourmet. How does the gray squirrel find the nuts it buried months earlier? How do Inuit hunters outwit ever-vigilant seals? How do animals manage to consume a healthy mix of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats? What is the connection between food and love, food and intelligence, food and sexuality?
Chronicling habits of collecting, storing, and consuming food, in parts of the world as different as the Arctic and her own wooded backyard, Allport untangles the links of the food chain, explains how animals learn which plants and animals are safe to eat, and probes connections betw

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