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

byMatt Siegel

Focused on strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat, The Secret History of Food brings Matt Siegel's historical account to a complex and consequential subject. By tracing causes alongside consequences, the narrative gives readers both a grounded account and a route into the connected fields of cooking and social science. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant.

Publisher

Ecco

Publication date

Aug 31, 2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

288

ISBN

9780062973214