by Massimo Montanari and translated by Albert Sonnenfeld From the publisher: Elegantly written by a distinguished culinary historian, Food Is Culture explores the innovative premise that everything having to do […]
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Cultural History of Food: Volumes 1-6
Edited by Fabio Parasecoli and Peter Scholliers From the publisher: A Cultural History of Food presents a comprehensive, authoritative overview of food from ancient times to the present. Together, the […]
It’s Disgusting and We Ate It! True Food Facts from Around the World and Throughout History
by James Solheim From the publisher: An interesting and nose-wrinkling collection of true food facts from around the world and throughout history. How about a nice dish of Colonial Squirrel […]
How Food Made History
by B. W. Higman From the publisher: Covering 5,000 years of global history, How Food Made History traces the changing patterns of food production and consumption that have molded economic […]
History of Food in 101 Objects
by Media Lab Books From the publisher: While food always has always been and always will be a basic necessity, it has also become a form of art, indicator of […]
Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
by Andrew Rimas and Evan Fraser From the publisher: We are what we eat: this aphorism contains a profound truth about civilization, one that has played out on the world […]
Food In Global History
edited by Raymond Grew From the publisher: Social scientists have studied foods in many different ways. Historians have most often studied the history of specific foods, and anthropologists have emphasized the […]
Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food
by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto From the publisher: In Near a Thousand Tables, acclaimed food historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto tells the fascinating story of food as cultural as well as culinary history — a window on the […]
Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History
by Bill Laws From the publisher: Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully presented guide to the plants that have had the greatest impact on human civilization. Entries […]
Fifty Foods That Changed the Course of History
by Bill Price From the publisher: A beautifully presented guide to the foods that have had the greatest impact on human civilization. Though many of the foods in this book are […]