Item #3235 Near a Thousand Tables; A History of Food. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.

Near a Thousand Tables; A History of Food

New York: The Free Press, 2002. Hardcover. 258 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Fernandez-Armesto covers what he calls the eight great revolutions in the world history of food: the origins of cooking, the ritualization of eating, the inception of herding, the invention of agriculture, the rise of inequity, the long-range trade in food, the ecological exchanges, and the industrialization and globalization of food. Various ingredients, cultures, travels, fights, and more come together in this comprehensive history of today’s eating and cooking habits. Stone paper covered boards with beige cloth spine. Fine in Near Fine dust wrapper. Item #3235

Price: $15.00

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