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A chronicle of the eight top revolutions in the history of food traces the origins of cooking, from the inception of herding and agriculture, to the industrialization and globalization of food, citing the integral connection between food and the cultures it comes from. 25,000 first printing.
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Highly provocative and entertaining...an erudite and surprising book with many eye-opening pleasures.
Rob Morse
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Fernandez-Armesto picks apart the myths of food history with the delectation of a connoisseur picking apart a lobster.
Rob Morse
"San Francisco Chronicle"
Ferna ndez-Armesto picks apart the myths of food history with the delectation of a connoisseur picking apart a lobster.
Betty Fussell
"The New York Times Book Review"
Ferna ndez-Armesto brings a humanity, civility, and excitement to serious food writing that may not have been seen since Brillat-Savarin.
"The New York Times"Highly provocative and entertaining...an erudite and surprising book with many eye-opening pleasures.
Rob Morse"San Francisco Chronicle"Fernandez-Armesto picks apart the myths of food history with the delectation of a connoisseur picking apart a lobster.
Betty Fussell"The New York Times Book Review"Fernandez-Armesto brings a humanity, civility, and excitement to serious food writing that may not have been seen since Brillat-Savarin.
"The New York Times" Highly provocative and entertaining...an erudite and surprising book with many eye-opening pleasures.
Rob Morse "San Francisco Chronicle" Fernandez-Armesto picks apart the myths of food history with the delectation of a connoisseur picking apart a lobster."
Betty Fussell "The New York Times Book Review" Fernandez-Armesto brings a humanity, civility, and excitement to serious food writing that may not have been seen since Brillat-Savarin."
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto is a Professorial Fellow of Queen Mary, University of London, and a member of the Modern History Faculty at Oxford University. He is the author of thirteen books, including Millenium: A History of the Last Thousand Years and Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature.
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