Name: Food in History
ISBN: 9780517884041

Reay Tannahill

Surveys the evolution of man's diverse gastronomic habits, customs, and traditions against their cultural and historical background

Food in History

Laura Mauler

This was the book I read to wind down before bedtime most nights. Interesting without being provocative or overly stimulating, it helped settle my thoughts and was quite calming. I highly recommend it for this purpose. In addition, this book is marvelous for anyone doing research into the history of food (naturally). Meticulously cited.

Melanie Richards

As other histories do, this compendium suffers a bit from a Eurasian-centric view. Some of the comments in the more modern section are a bit dicey. That all said, there are SO many interesting and new-to-me facts packed into this book.

Food in History

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