THE STORY OF FOOD : AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF EVERYTHING WE EAT /
FOREWORD BY : GILES COREN
- 360 pages : colour photographs ; 26 cm
Includes indexes
This glorious visual celebration of food in all its forms reveals the extraordinary cultural impact of the foods we eat, explores the early efforts of humans in their quest for sustenance, and tells the fascinating stories behind individual foods. With profiles of the most culturally and historically interesting foods of all types, from nuts and grains, fruits and vegetables, and meat and fish, to herbs and spices...