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The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat

by Matt Siegel

An irreverent, surprising, and entirely entertaining look at the little-known history surrounding the foods we know and love Is Italian olive oil really Italian, or are we dipping our bread in lamp oil? Why are we masochistically drawn to foods that can hurt us, like hot peppers? Far from being a classic American dish, is apple pie actually . . . English?

Publisher

Ecco

Publication date

Aug 31, 2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

288

ISBN

9780062973214