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The secret history of food : strange but true stories about the origins of everything we eat

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text The secret history of food : strange but true stories about the origins of everything we eat

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Summary
"Is Italian olive oil really Italian, or are we dipping our bread in lamp oil? Why are we masochistically drawn to foods that can hurt us, like hot peppers? Far from being a classic American dish, is apple pie actually . . . English? "As a species... Read more
Contents
A history of swallowing -- Pie, progress, and Plymouth Rock -- Breakfast of champions -- Children of the corn -- Honey laundering -- The vanilla of society -- The ghosts of Cockaigne past -- The choices of a new generation -- Forbidden berries (or... Read more
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270 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 394.1 SIE in Adult Non-fiction Available
Interlochen Public LIbrary Food Siegel in Adult Non-fiction Available

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