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A History of Food by Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is A History of Food about?

Pioneering food historian Toussaint-Samat has expanded her 1987 French classic (English translation, 1992) to include updates on scientific and technological discoveries. She divides her account into nine major sections, which range from discussions of food gathering and production techniques to histories of individual types of food to the role played by science in nutrition and food preservation. She broadens her account to examine the importance of food in myth and legend. Further, she explores the role played by food--hunger in particular--as a generative force in shaping the direction of human history. Read more...

Who reads A History of Food?

Author

Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell, A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781405181198

Category

history

Subjects

Education, Fiction, Reference

Rating

3.98 / 5 (30 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14