Lost feast : culinary extinction and the future of food / Lenore Newman.

"A rollicking exploration of the history and future of our favorite foods When we humans love foods, we love them a lot. In fact, we have often eaten them into extinction, whether it is the megafauna of the Paleolithic world or the passenger pigeon of the last century. In Lost Feast, food expert Len...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Newman, Lenore, 1973- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Food supply. Food > Social aspects. Food > History. Food habits. Gastronomy. Extinction (Biology) Nature > Effect of human beings on. Food. History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	ix, 300 pages ; 23 cm Issued also in electronic formats.
Format:	Book

Contents:

Section one: The beginning of endings. Silphium ; Gods and monsters ; Across the seas of grass
Section two: Beef or chicken? The beast in the Jaktorów Forest ; Burger 2.0 ; The living wind ; Engastration
Section three: The burning library. The pear king ; Life is short, we must hurry ; The scrambled paradise
Section four: The twilight garden. Honey and roses ; The sex life of plants ; Wabi-sabi.