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Author Collingham, E. M. (Elizabeth M.)

Title The taste of empire : how Britain's quest for food shaped the modern world / Lizzie Collingham.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2017]
©2017
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3068085~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  338.1941 COL    AVAILABLE
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Description xvii, 367 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-353) and index.
Summary In twenty meals, The taste of Empire tells the story of how the British created a global food trade that moved people and plants across continents.Taking us on a wide-ranging culinary journey from the American frontier to the Far East, from sixteenth-century Newfoundland fisheries to present day celebrations of Thanksgiving, Lizzie Collingham uncovers the decisive role of the British Empire in shaping our modern diet.
Subject Food industry and trade -- Great Britain -- History.
Food supply -- Great Britain -- History.
Food habits -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Commerce.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Social life and customs.
Genre History.
ISBN 9780465056668
0465056660
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