In Near a Thousand Tables, acclaimed Food historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto tells the fascinating story of Food as cultural as well as culinary History -- a window on the History of mankind.
In this ``appetizingly provocative`` (Los Angeles Times) book, he guides readers through the eight great revolutions in the world History of food: the origins of cooking, which set humankind on a course apart from other species; the ritualization of eating, which brought magic and meanin.
In Near a Thousand Tables, acclaimed Food historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto tells the fascinating story of Food as cultural as well as culinary History -- a window on the History of mankind