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How Would You Like Your Mammoth?: 12,000 Years of Culinary History in 50 Bite-Size Essays - Hardcover

Seeburg, Uta

 
9781803997322: How Would You Like Your Mammoth?: 12,000 Years of Culinary History in 50 Bite-Size Essays
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ISBN 10: 180399732X ISBN 13: 9781803997322
Verlag: The History Press Ltd, 2024

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'Deft and era-spanning . . . Uta Seeburg compresses a vast culinary history into a collection that’s equal parts lively and illuminating.' ― Mayukh Sen, author of Taste Makers

  • What foods did ancient Egyptians think worthy of accompanying pharaohs into the afterlife?

  • How could canned meat have doomed the 1845 Franklin expedition?

  • Why did a king have to order his subjects to eat potatoes?

  • Why did a sixteenth-century cookbook author argue that beavers should be considered fish?

A revelatory romp through the history of humanity, this collection of fifty snackable essays answers all of these baffling culinary enigmas and more. Packed to the brim with juicy tidbits and cultural insights, How Would You Like Your Mammoth? is a fascinating look at how the food we eat defines us – and always has.

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Verlag
The History Press Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
180399732X
ISBN 13 
9781803997322
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