By Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
In Near one thousand Tables, acclaimed meals historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto tells the interesting tale of nutrients as cultural in addition to culinary heritage -- a window at the heritage of mankind.
during this "appetizingly provocative" (Los Angeles Times) publication, he courses readers throughout the 8 nice revolutions on this planet background of meals: the origins of cooking, which set humankind on a direction except different species; the ritualization of consuming, which introduced magic and that means into people's dating with what they ate; the inception of herding and the discovery of agriculture, might be the 2 maximum revolutions of all; the increase of inequality, which resulted in the improvement of haute food; the long-range alternate in foodstuff which, virtually by myself, broke down cultural limitations; the ecological exchanges, which revolutionized the worldwide distribution of vegetation and farm animals; and, ultimately, the industrialization and globalization of industrially produced nutrition.
From prehistoric snail "herding" to Roman banquets to special Macs to genetically changed tomatoes, Near one thousand Tables is a full-course meal of striking narrative, marvelous perception, and engaging explorations that may fulfill the hungriest of readers.
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Rfile define hide Copyright web page desk of Contents Preface 1 the discovery of Cooking – the 1st Revolution the remodeling hearth First nutrition applied sciences The Eroding Waves 2 The that means of consuming – nutrition as ceremony and Magic The good judgment of Cannibalism Sacred and Profane nutrients healing foodstuff Magic Dietetic Sorcery The Dietetics of Abundance three Breeding to consume – The Herding Revolution: From "Collecting" foodstuff to "Producing" It the forefront of Snails to reproduce or to not Breed? The Herding intuition The Seaborne Hunt four The suitable for eating Earth – coping with vegetation for foodstuff Foraging and Farming the good Grasses the realm Conqueror great Tubers, Roots that Rule five nutrients and Rank – Inequality and the increase of Haute food The luck of extra the increase of Gastronomy The Embourgeoisement of Courtly Cooking Cross-Class Transfers Courts with out food?