A Movable Feast: Ten Millennia of Food Globalization

A Movable Feast: Ten Millennia of Food Globalization
by Kenneth F. Kiple (Author) › Visit Amazon’s Kenneth F. Kiple Page See search results for this author Kenneth F. Kiple (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (28 Jun. 2007)
Language: English
Hardcover: 384 pages
ISBN-10: 052179353X
ISBN-13: 9780521793537
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Book Description
Pepper was once worth its weight in gold. Onions have been used to cure everything from sore throats to foot fungus. White bread was once considered too nutritious. From hunting water buffalo to farming salmon, A Movable Feast chronicles the globalization of food over the past ten thousand years. This engaging history follows the path that food has taken throughout history and the ways in which humans have altered its course. Beginning with the days of hunter-gatherers and extending to the present world of genetically modified chickens, Kenneth F. Kiple details the far-reaching adventure of food. He investigates food’s global impact, from the Irish potato famine to the birth of McDonald’s. Combining fascinating facts with historical evidence, this is a sweeping narrative of food’s place in the world. Looking closely at geographic, cultural and scientific factors, this book reveals how what we eat has transformed over the years from fuel to art.