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🏛 Bloomsbury USA 📅 2010 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9780802719911

📝 Description: An Edible History of Humanity

The bestselling author of "A History of the World in 6 Glasses" charts the enlightening history of humanity through food. Standage draws on archaeology, anthropology, and economics to reveal how food has helped shape and transform societies around the world.

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