Moveable feasts
the incredible journeys of the things we eat
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Word Count
82,500 words, Guess
Page Count
330 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemoveablefeastsin0000murr
- ISBN-101845132343
- ISBN-139781845132347
- OCLC Control Number81453500
- Better World Books9781845132347
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL32127057M
Classifications
- DDC381.41
- LCCHE199.5.F6 M87 2007
- LCCHE199.5.F6
Description
In her book, Sarah Murray has toured the globe in search of the stories behind food miles. Along the way, she has collected a series of astonishing facts and vivid accounts of Shanghai cafes serving English tea from Harrogate, American grain falling from a United Nations plane in Sudan and Memphis barbequed ribs flying FedEx to Wall Street traders. And such journeys date back millennia, from Roman olive oil to the Eastern spice trade. Moveable Feasts brings historical perspective to a subject that has grabbed the headlines, illustrating food's crucial role in shaping global politics, taste and culture. Murray shows how the well-travelled dinner is an inevitable consequence of man's quest for sustenance and argues that globetrotting food was a reality long before the term 'food miles' was coined.
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