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The Delicious History of Food

The Delicious History of Food

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Baked, dipped or fried, spicy, salty or sweet, delicious food is something everyone enjoys. Many tasty dishes are the result of thousands of years of development, scientific breakthroughs or moments of genius or sheer chance. This high-interest book takes you through the delicious and sometimes surprising history of what people eat.

Covers topics such as healthy eating, genetic modification, farming, celebrations and inventions.

The consultant is a food historian, writer, tv presenter and podcaster.

Contents: Vital For Life; Hunting and Gathering; Settling Down; Food Takes a Trip; What's In Your Meal?; Taming Nature; Rice is Nice; Spicing It Up; A Sweet Story; The Columbian Exchange; Chocolate; Where Do They Come From?; Food Celebrations; Accidental Inventions; Frozen In A Flash; Food Visionaries; Processed Foods; Food In Space; Going Meat Free; Feeding More People; Future Food

  • Publication date: 27 August 2026
  • Page count: 48
  • Dimensions: Height 239 mm; Width 295 mm; Thickness 5 mm
  • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN-13: 9781445190600

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