Still plodding through this! Some bits are more interesting than others, but mostly... eh. Lots of facts, not much interpretation.
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Food: The History of Taste | 
Still plodding through this! Some bits are more interesting than others, but mostly... eh. Lots of facts, not much interpretation.
This sounds like a fascinating book! I'm a bit worried about the editing, though; I'm reading the first essay and the author of this one confidently asserts some facts about early humans and hunting which I'm pretty sure are untrue, and states that “it is no accident that the taste buds that sense sweetness are on the tip of our tongues“, which is a pure myth. This guy can't be a scientist, and given what he's reporting on, that matters...
#TBRtemptation post 3! This is a richly illustrated collection of essays by prominent American & European historians, laid out as a chronological history. The early repertoire of sweet tastes; contributions made by ancient empires, especially China; the contributions by early Islamic caliphates; Middle Age cuisine; the post-Renaissance break with highly spiced foods; the evolution of modern restauranting; etc. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
