Using the colorful diaries of a sixteenth-century merchant as a narrative guide, Empires of Food vividly chronicles the fate of people and societies for the past 12,000 years through the foods they gr
Chronicles a 12,000-year history of the role of food in societies and people's everyday lives--arguing that food crises are cyclical, and that we may be in one now--and offers a view of what the futur
The cow. Central to human existence since time began, cows have served as a source of food, a means of labor, an economic resource, an inspiration for art, and even as a religious icon—many cultures w
