Moveable feasts
Subtitle: the incredible journeys of the things we eat
By: Sarah Murray
Publisher: Aurum
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781845132347
Subjects: Food; Transportation; Social aspects
Description: In her book, Sarah Murray has toured the globe in search of the stories behind food miles. Along the way, she has collected a series of astonishing facts and vivid accounts of Shanghai cafes serving English tea from Harrogate, American grain falling from a United Nations plane in Sudan and Memphis barbequed ribs flying FedEx to Wall Street traders. And such journeys date back millennia, from Roman olive oil to the Eastern spice trade. Moveable Feasts brings historical perspective to a subject that has grabbed the headlines, illustrating food's crucial role in shaping global politics, taste and culture. Murray shows how the well-travelled dinner is an inevitable consequence of man's quest for sustenance and argues that globetrotting food was a reality long before the term 'food miles' was coined.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Liquid gold : the ancient amphora delivers Roman riches -- -- 2.; title: The business of bones : the Norwegian salmon pays a visit to China -- -- 3.; title: Cannon fodder : battlefield food fuels packaging technology -- -- 4.; title: Plane fare : the Berlin airlift secures a Cold War victory -- -- 5.; title: Tiffin travels : curry catches the corporate imagination -- -- 6.; title: Yes, we can do bananas : refrigerated ships shape Central American regimes -- -- 7.; title: Whey to go : Mongolian nomads practise mobile biochemistry -- -- 8.; title: Barrels and bouquets : the oak tree leaves its mark -- -- 9.; title: A quick cuppa : commercial competition speeds the racing tea clippers -- -- 10.; title: Food with altitude : jet planes dispatch a strawberry for all seasons -- -- 11.; title: Elevated design : buffalo grain feeds the bauhaus inspiration -- -- 12.; title: Going with gravity : Cold War weaponry finds a new purpose.