A Movable Feast: Ten Millennia of Food GlobalizationPepper was once worth its weight in gold. Onions have been used to cure everything from sore throats to foot fungus. White bread was once considered too nutritious. From hunting water buffalo to farming salmon, A Movable Feast chronicles the globalization of food over the past ten thousand years. This engaging history follows the path that food has taken throughout history and the ways in which humans have altered its course. Beginning with the days of hunter-gatherers and extending to the present world of genetically modified chickens, Kenneth F. Kiple details the far-reaching adventure of food. He investigates food's global impact, from the Irish potato famine to the birth of McDonald's. Combining fascinating facts with historical evidence, this is a sweeping narrative of food's place in the world. Looking closely at geographic, cultural and scientific factors, this book reveals how what we eat has transformed over the years from fuel to art. |
Contents
Section 20 | 91 |
Section 21 | 97 |
Section 22 | 135 |
Section 23 | 144 |
Section 24 | 166 |
Section 25 | 170 |
Section 26 | 188 |
Section 27 | 189 |
Section 9 | 32 |
Section 10 | 35 |
Section 11 | 38 |
Section 12 | 39 |
Section 13 | 43 |
Section 14 | 45 |
Section 15 | 48 |
Section 16 | 50 |
Section 17 | 64 |
Section 18 | 74 |
Section 19 | 86 |
Section 28 | 191 |
Section 29 | 201 |
Section 30 | 202 |
Section 31 | 233 |
Section 32 | 237 |
Section 33 | 243 |
Section 34 | 245 |
Section 35 | 251 |
Section 36 | 253 |
Section 37 | 285 |
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