Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Free Press; 1ST edition | June 4, 2002 | English | ISBN: 0743226445 | 275 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Free Press; 1ST edition | June 4, 2002 | English | ISBN: 0743226445 | 275 pages | PDF | 4 MB
In Near a Thousand Tables, acclaimed food historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto tells the fascinating story of food as cultural as well as culinary history – a window on the history of mankind.
In this "appetizingly provocative" (Los Angeles Times) book, he guides readers through the eight great revolutions in the world history of food: the origins of cooking, which set humankind on a course apart from other species; the ritualization of eating, which brought magic and meaning into people's relationship with what they ate; the inception of herding and the invention of agriculture, perhaps the two greatest revolutions of all; the rise of inequality, which led to the development of haute cuisine; the long-range trade in food which, practically alone, broke down cultural barriers; the ecological exchanges, which revolutionized the global distribution of plants and livestock; and, finally, the industrialization and globalization of mass-produced food.