An Edible History of Humanity
October 15, 2009 by louisahcooper
This morning I heard a great interview with author Tom Standage on NPR’s Talk of the Nation. His new book, above, relates the world’s history through food. I’m heading to Powell’s shortly to pick up a copy. On his blog, Standage says that food has “acted as a catalyst of social transformation, societal organisation, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. From prehistory to the present, the stories of these transformations form a narrative that encompasses the whole of human history.”
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