num_pages: 272
description: A chronicle of the eight top revolutions in the history of food traces the origins of cooking, from the inception of herding and agriculture, to the industrialization and globalization of food, citing the integral connection between food and the cultures it comes from. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food
titlecomplete: Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food
genres: Cultural, Food Writing, Culinary, Food, Food History, Nonfiction, Cooking, History, Food and Drink, Anthropology
ratings_count: 664
publisher: Free Press