An Edible History of Humanity

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The edible foundations of civilization -- The invention of farming -- The roots of modernity -- Food and social structure -- Food, wealth and power -- Follow the food -- Global highways of food -- Splinters of paradise -- Seeds of empire -- Food, energy and industrialisation -- New world, new foods -- The steam engine and the potato -- Food as a weapon -- The fuel of war -- Food fight -- Food, population, and development -- Feeding the world -- Paradoxes of plenty.
A lighthearted chronicle of how foods have transformed human culture throughout the ages traces the barley- and wheat-driven early civilizations of the near East through the corn and potato industries in America.

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Delicious submitted by Steph on June 19, 2013, 10:44am A book about food and history, two of my favorite things. The book follows a roughly chronological order and is full of interesting facts. I love history, and seeing it through the lens of how food shaped it was fascinating.