Fifty foods that changed the course of history
By: Bill Price
Publisher: Apple
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845435431
Subjects: Food; History; Social aspects
Description: A fascinating guide to the edibles that - though now taken for granted - have had a great impact on the development of modern civilization. Beginning with our ancient hunter-gatherer ancestors, this gastronomic odyssey takes us right up to the genetically modified foods of the future. Discover how sugar fuelled the transatlantic slave trade, why an oaty biscuit was so important to the Allied First World War effort and how a simple soup can came to be the inspiration for a modern work of art.--COVER.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Woolly mammoth; title: Bread; title: Pacific salmon; title: Lamb; title: Beef; title: Dates; title: Beer; title: Soybean; title: Corn; title: Noodles; title: Olive oil; title: Spartan black broth; title: Garum; title: Kimchi; title: Chocolate; title: Paella; title: Spice; title: Salted herring; title: Frankfurter; title: Peking duck; title: Cassoulet; title: Turnips; title: Roquefort cheese; title: Potato; title: Mayonnaise; title: Rendang; title: Sugar; title: Biltong; title: Irish stew; title: Tea; title: Hardtack; title: Gin; title: Vindaloo; title: Apple pie; title: American whiskey; title: Madeleines; title: Caviar; title: Bananas; title: Corned beef; title: Jaffa orange; title: American buffalo; title: Coca-cola; title: Hamburger; title: Anzac biscuits; title: Birds Eye frozen fish; title: Swanson TV dinner; title: Campbell's soup; title: Starbucks coffee; title: Powdered milk; title: Golden rice.