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Food Wars and Culture Wars: The Secret Engines of History

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Food Wars and Culture Wars: The Secret Engines of History
19.99 €
Food is
a central aspect of our lives, but the history books don't tell us that.
Much of what happened in the kitchen is never recorded, and the
the evidence is eaten and forgotten. Meanwhile, history has always been inextricably linked
inextricably linked to food: clove wars and confectionery conflicts have broken out, new spices have been discovered.
new continents have been discovered in the pursuit of spices, empires have been born and
and empires were born and destroyed because of food battles. Tom Nealon has studied hundreds of antique cookbooks
and has filled a gap in our historical knowledge.
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