The History of Food: From Ancient Times to Modern Day - 1191

Your Last Meal Began 10,000 Years Ago: Unearth the Blood, Sweat, and Spices That Built Your Plate Forget bland cookbooks and sterile timelines. This is the untold saga of food—a war waged with fire, empires built on grain, and revolutions fermented in taverns. From Stone Age cannibalism to Aztec chocolate blood rites, discover how hunger shaped humanity’s darkest and brightest moments 916. Why Food Lovers Feast On This Book: **️ Shocking Truths: How Neolithic mothers domesticated wheat —starving tribes to feed cities 16. ** Global Culinary Wars: Spanish silver for Chinese ginger , enslaved Africans planting sugar hellscapes 29. ** Scholarly & Gritty: Archaeobotany meets battlefield stews. Large 7x10" print reveals every hieroglyphic recipe and famine scar . "Sugar built more empires than gunpowder... and rotted more teeth." — Voltaire (On colonial exploitation, 1763) Feast on These Revelations: Prehistoric Survival: Cannibal tribes vs. mammoth hunters roasting marrow bones 16. Ancient Power Plays: Egyptian priests hoarding Nile wheat , Roman vomitoriums flaunting garum-soaked excess . Hidden Catastrophes: Mongols fueling conquest with horse-blood liquor , Aztec "tlacatlaolli" (human stew) rituals . Modern Betrayals: Industrial bread whitened with chalk , WWII Spam drowning Pacific traditions 1316. (Full table of contents in "Look Inside"!) ⭐ Real Reader Review: "This book rewired my brain! The chapter on nixtamalization revealed why Mesoamericans soaked corn in lime—unlocking nutrients Europe ignored. The Viking ‘skyr’ yogurt tactics? Genius. Not a dry textbook—it’s Game of Thrones with cookpots!" — Chef Marco R. (Verified Purchase) Why This Edition Dominates: Unmatched Sweep: 20 epochs spanning fire pits to factories —connects your sushi to Samurai rice wars. For Hungry Minds: Foodies, history nerds, or sustainability warriors—decode your supper’s bloody legacy . Large Print Clarity: 7x10" pages make ancient texts (like Apicius’ garum recipes) crystal clear . Click "Add to Cart" Now—Before the Next Course of History Serves Itself!
ASIN: B0DQP7JT32
VSKU: BVV.B0DQP7JT32.A
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Binding: Paperback