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This book offers a novel approach to food writing, presenting a history of eating habits and mores through the lens of the technologies we use to prepare, serve, and consume food. It tells the history of food through its tools across different eras and continents to present a fully rounded account of humans' evolving relationship to kitchen technology. From the birth of the fork in Italy as it discovered pasta, to culture wars over shaped how and...
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v, 309 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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In this stunningly original book, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that "cooking" created the human race. At the heart of "Catching Fire" lies an explosive new idea: The habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labor.
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vii, 166 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Presented in a chronological style, this book interweaves history and description of the historic Lewis and Clark expedition with discussions of their cooking methods. Includes recipes using food stuffs common in the 19th century, wild foods found along their journey, and some Native American foods.
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303 pages ; color illustrations ; 21 x 21 cm.
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¿Cuál era el dulce preferido de María Antonieta? ¿Con qué sabores se deleitaban los atenienses de la época de Alejandro Magno? ¿Disfrutaron Cleopatra y Julio César de un clásico pan romano cuando se conocieron? ¿Cómo se hace la sopa de cebolla a la alsaciana que comía Juana de Arco? María José Martínez -creadora del exitoso canal de YouTube Las recetas de MJ- nos ofrece un libro para aprender y degustar. A través de treinta historias,...
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