Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal: A Food Science Nutrition History Book

di Mark Bittman (Autore)

HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 2022

From hunting and gathering to GMOs and ultra-processed foods, this expansive tour of human history rewrites the story of our species and points the way to a better future. The history of Homo sapiens is usually told as a story of technology or economics. But there is a more fundamental driver: food. How we hunted and gathered explains our emergence as a new species and our earliest technology; our first food systems, from fire to agriculture, tell where we settled and how civilizations expanded. The quest for food for growing populations drove exploration, colonialism, slavery, even capitalism. A century ago, food was industrialized. Since then, advancing styles of agriculture and food production have written a new chapter of human history, one that’s driving both climate change and global health crises. Best-selling food authority Mark Bittman offers a panoramic view of the story and explains how we can rescue ourselves from the modern wrong turn.

• Autore: Mark Bittman
• Editore: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Anno: 2022
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 384 p.
• Dimensioni: 203 x 135 mm
• Peso: 295 gr.
• EAN: 9780358645528

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