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This was a fun read, well-researched for the scope. - Goodreads This is a fantastic reference book. - Goodreads ... will keep it around as reference. - Goodreads User Review - Flag as inappropriate After readig this book I asked myself the following: Review: Food in HistoryUser Review - Nick Chandler-klein - GoodreadsA fantastic book about the relationship between humankind and its food sources. Quality content, compellingly written. And while this is not the focus of the book, the epilogue is, with the exception ... Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesAfrica agricultural almond milk America animals Arabs asafoetida Asia Athenaeus barley beans became beef began boiled bread British butter cakes capsicums cattle century bc cheese China Chinese cookery books cooking countries crop cuisine cultivation developed diet discovered disease dishes dried drink early East eggs Egypt eighteenth century Europe European fermented fish flatbread flavour flour France French fresh fruit frumenty grain honey human Ibid India Indus Valley civilization jonnycake kind kitchen known land later less liquamen maize meal meat medieval milk million modern mutton needed Neolithic Neolithic Revolution nineteenth century nomads peasant pease pudding pepper pigs plants Pliny the Elder population pork potatoes pounds protein Quoted recipes result rice rich roast Roman Rome salt sauce seed seems sheep silphium soup spices sugar Sumer supply taste Te-Tzu Chang trade traveller truffles vegetables vitamin wheat wild wine Bibliographic information |