Empires of Food Feast, Famine and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations

Name: Empires of Food Feast, Famine and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
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ISBN: 9780099534723

ISBN-10: 009953472X

ISBN-13: 9780099534723

Edition: 2011

Authors: Andrew Rimas, Evan D. G. Fraser

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For thousands of years we have grown, cooked and traded food, and over that time much has changed. Where once we subsisted on gritty, bland grains, we now enjoy culinary creations and epicurean delights made with vegetables from the New World, fish trawled from the deep sea, and flavoured with spices from the Orient. But how did we make that change from eating for survival to the innovations of modern cuisine? How has food helped to shape our culture? And what will happen when global warming and peak oil have their inevitable effect on agriculture? Empires of Food is an authoritative exploration of the innumerable ways that food has changed the course of history. The earliest cities, after…

Book details

List price: $10.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication date: 7/7/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.83" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.506