{"product_id":"moveable-feasts-the-history-science-and-lore-of-food-hardcover","title":"Moveable Feasts: The History, Science, and Lore of Food - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregory McNamee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFood has functioned both as a source of continuity and as a subject of adaptation in the course of human history. Onions have been a staple of the European diet since the Paleolithic era, while the orange is once again being cultivated in great quantities in Southern China, where it was originally cultivated. Other foods--such as the apple and pear in Central Asia, the tomato in Mexico, the chili pepper in South America, and rice in South Asia--remain staples of their original regions and of the world diet today.Still other items are now grown in places that would have seemed impossible in the past-bananas in geothermally heated greenhouses in Iceland, corn on the fringes of the Gobi, and tomatoes in space. But how did humans discover how to grow and consume these foods in the first place? How were they chosen over competing foods? How did they come to be so important to us? In this charming and frequently surprising compendium, Gregory McNamee gathers revelations from history, anthropology, chemistry, biology, and many other fields, and spins them into entertaining tales of discovery, complete with delicious recipes from many culinary traditions around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the 30 types of food discussed in the course of this alphabetically-arranged work are: the apple, the banana, chocolate, coffee, corn, garlic, honey, millet, the olive, the peanut, the pineapple, the plum, rice, the soybean, the tomato, and the watermelon. All of the recipes included with these diverse food histories have been adapted for recreation in the modern kitchen.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory McNamee\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, editor, photographer, publisher, and publishing consultant. He is the author or editor of more than twenty-five books, among them \u003ci\u003eBlue Mountains Far Away: Journeys Into the American Wilderness, Gila: The Life and Death of an American River\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Byzantium: The New Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e. McNamee's work has appeared in such 5ournals and online publications as \u003ci\u003eScience News, The Nation, Newsday, Discovery, The Los Angeles Times, Salon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e, a regular reviewer for \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, and the literary critic and books columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e. McNamee is also a consultant in world geography to the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopaedia Britannica\u003c\/i\u003e and a regular contributor to it and its online adjunct, Britannica.com. \u003cbr\u003ePlease visit www.gregorymcnamee.com for more information. For news about this book, please visit http: \/\/moveable-feasts.blogspot.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9.3 x 6.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53085706748211,"sku":"9780275989316","price":111.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/H6RPp3nisN9780275989316.webp?v=1772046342","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/moveable-feasts-the-history-science-and-lore-of-food-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}