World Food: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Social Influence from Hunter‐Gatherers to the Age of Globalization

It is hard to find a topic that is more universal than food. It encompasses a wide range of human experience and activity from the personal to the global. Do you want to know more about street food, Chinese food customs, the history of bread, baby food, Vasco da Gama's use of food as a diplomatic tactic, food in literature, aquaponics, agribusiness, or food in the afterlife? As the title promises, World Food: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Social Influence from the Hunter‐Gatherers to the Age of Globalization addresses these questions with a wide range of food related topics...