Moveable Feasts: The History, Science, and Lore of Food

by Gregory McNamee

Book Overview

Food has functioned both as a source of continuity and as a subject of adaptation in the course of human history. Onions have been a staple of the European diet since the Paleolithic era, while the orange is once again being cultivated in great quantities in Southern China, where it was originally cultivated. Other foods--such as the apple and pear in Central Asia, the tomato in Mexico, the chili pepper in South America, and rice in South Asia--remain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275989313
• ISBN13: 9780275989316
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"