num_pages: 800
description: This multicultural and interdisciplinary reference brings a fresh social and cultural perspective to the global history of food foodstuffs and cultural exchange from the age of discovery to contemporary times. Comprehensive in scope this two-volume encyclopedia covers agriculture and industry food preparation and regional cuisines science and technology nutrition and health and trade and commerce as well as key contemporary issues such as famine relief farm subsidies food safety and the organic movement. Articles also include specific foodstuffs such as chocolate potatoes and tomatoes; topics such as Mediterranean diet and the Spice Route; and pivotal figures such as Marco Polo Columbus and Catherine de' Medici. Special features dozens of recipes representing different historic periods and cuisines of the world; listing of herbal foods and uses; and a chronology of key events/people in food history.
language: English
title: World Food: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture and Social Influence from Hunter Gatherers to the Age of Globalization
publisher: Routledge