How Our Edible World Came to Be. The Fascinating History of Food, from Potatoes to Champagne
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How Our Edible World Came to Be. The Fascinating History of Food, from Potatoes to Champagne
14.99 €
Our edible world seems secure and familiar: we open the refrigerator, make coffee, cook dinner—almost without thinking. It seems like it's always been this way. But in fact, modern food is one of humanity's most recent inventions. Once upon a time, there were no forks, no recipes, no restaurants. There was hunger. There was fire. And then there was man, learning to survive—and then suddenly beginning to search for taste, pleasure, and meaning.
This book is more than just a history of food. It's a captivating journey through millennia, where ancient Egyptians and Roman gourmets, Spartans and Chinese, Persian kings and French chefs find themselves at the table. Here, food becomes a language of power, a means of survival, a form of love, a ritual, and an art. You'll see how feasts, palace cuisine, canned goods, restaurants, the food industry, and gastronomy itself were born, and how a whole world of flavors, traditions, and meanings grew from the simple "I need to eat." And you'll understand that food isn't just a backdrop to life, but one of its main characters. This book changes your perspective. After reading it, you can't eat automatically. You want to feel, taste, notice—and rediscover the world through taste.
This book is more than just a history of food. It's a captivating journey through millennia, where ancient Egyptians and Roman gourmets, Spartans and Chinese, Persian kings and French chefs find themselves at the table. Here, food becomes a language of power, a means of survival, a form of love, a ritual, and an art. You'll see how feasts, palace cuisine, canned goods, restaurants, the food industry, and gastronomy itself were born, and how a whole world of flavors, traditions, and meanings grew from the simple "I need to eat." And you'll understand that food isn't just a backdrop to life, but one of its main characters. This book changes your perspective. After reading it, you can't eat automatically. You want to feel, taste, notice—and rediscover the world through taste.
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