A History of Food

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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals 4.19 avg rating — 208,901 ratings
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An Edible History of Humanity
An Edible History of Humanity 3.77 avg rating — 6,021 ratings
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Salt: A World History
Salt: A World History 3.75 avg rating — 75,179 ratings
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World 3.92 avg rating — 24,360 ratings
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Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation 4.08 avg rating — 25,638 ratings
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The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu
The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu 3.74 avg rating — 2,390 ratings
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses
A History of the World in 6 Glasses 3.81 avg rating — 32,783 ratings
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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell 3.95 avg rating — 5,151 ratings
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A History of Food in 100 Recipes
A History of Food in 100 Recipes 3.72 avg rating — 710 ratings
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Eating the Empire: Food and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Eating the Empire: Food and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain 4.23 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 3.75 avg rating — 206,251 ratings
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Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig
Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig 4.15 avg rating — 861 ratings
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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat 3.85 avg rating — 10,085 ratings
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Breakfast: A History
Breakfast: A History 3.60 avg rating — 179 ratings
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A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression
A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression 3.75 avg rating — 2,207 ratings
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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet 4.29 avg rating — 6,844 ratings
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Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its Place in Western Civilization
Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its Place in Western Civilization 3.64 avg rating — 258 ratings
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Tastes Like Chicken: A History of America's Favorite Bird
Tastes Like Chicken: A History of America's Favorite Bird 3.83 avg rating — 135 ratings
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The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World
The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World 3.61 avg rating — 556 ratings
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us 4.01 avg rating — 32,460 ratings
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The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South 3.87 avg rating — 8,046 ratings
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Spice: The History of a Temptation
Spice: The History of a Temptation 3.64 avg rating — 2,540 ratings
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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World 3.81 avg rating — 5,281 ratings
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Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East
Coffee and Coffeehouses: The Origins of a Social Beverage in the Medieval Near East 3.73 avg rating — 120 ratings
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life 4.05 avg rating — 112,358 ratings
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The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South
The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South 3.82 avg rating — 1,987 ratings
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Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World 3.69 avg rating — 2,998 ratings
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Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol 3.86 avg rating — 905 ratings
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The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History 4.10 avg rating — 3,014 ratings
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Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages
Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages 3.62 avg rating — 550 ratings
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The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us
The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us 3.71 avg rating — 359 ratings
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Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food
Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food 3.75 avg rating — 245 ratings
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In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America
In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America 3.65 avg rating — 222 ratings
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Butter: A Rich History
Butter: A Rich History 3.85 avg rating — 1,086 ratings
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Beans: A History
Beans: A History 3.65 avg rating — 221 ratings
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Pizza: A Slice of American History
Pizza: A Slice of American History 3.51 avg rating — 92 ratings
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A Vineyard Odyssey: The Organic Fight to Save Wine from the Ravages of Nature
A Vineyard Odyssey: The Organic Fight to Save Wine from the Ravages of Nature 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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How Nature Cures Comprising a New System of Hygiene; Also The Natural Food of Man
How Nature Cures Comprising a New System of Hygiene; Also The Natural Food of Man 3.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Around the World in Eighty Wines: Exploring Wine One Country at a Time
Around the World in Eighty Wines: Exploring Wine One Country at a Time 3.54 avg rating — 107 ratings
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A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World
A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World 3.87 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Seven Deadly Sins and One Very Naughty Fruit
Seven Deadly Sins and One Very Naughty Fruit 3.57 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Food Fights & Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste
Food Fights & Culture Wars: A Secret History of Taste 3.36 avg rating — 267 ratings
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Food in Medieval Times
Food in Medieval Times 3.69 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food—Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal
The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food—Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal 3.47 avg rating — 2,682 ratings
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Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House
Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House 4.04 avg rating — 1,130 ratings
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Good Spirits: A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol
Good Spirits: A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol 4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Absinthe: History in a Bottle
Absinthe: History in a Bottle 4.06 avg rating — 340 ratings
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Wild Apples
Wild Apples 3.73 avg rating — 433 ratings
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The Edge of the World: How the North Sea Made Us Who We Are
The Edge of the World: How the North Sea Made Us Who We Are 3.57 avg rating — 2,755 ratings
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Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer
Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer 3.81 avg rating — 622 ratings
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Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil 3.77 avg rating — 4,071 ratings
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Suicide by Sugar: A Startling Look at Our #1 National Addiction
Suicide by Sugar: A Startling Look at Our #1 National Addiction 3.44 avg rating — 388 ratings
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Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens 3.90 avg rating — 575 ratings
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Sugar-Plums and Sherbet
Sugar-Plums and Sherbet 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Sugar: The world corrupted, from slavery to obesity
Sugar: The world corrupted, from slavery to obesity 3.47 avg rating — 578 ratings
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Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind
Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind 3.38 avg rating — 254 ratings
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Light Bulb Baking: A History of the Easy-Bake Oven
Light Bulb Baking: A History of the Easy-Bake Oven 4.30 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Sugar Blues
Sugar Blues 4.01 avg rating — 1,955 ratings
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The Mead-Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England
The Mead-Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England 4.34 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Proof: The Science of Booze
Proof: The Science of Booze 3.91 avg rating — 4,195 ratings
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Cavemen, Monks, and Slow Food: A History of Eating Well
Cavemen, Monks, and Slow Food: A History of Eating Well 3.33 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Year of No Sugar
Year of No Sugar 3.39 avg rating — 5,770 ratings
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A Second Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food & Drink: Production & Distribution
A Second Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food & Drink: Production & Distribution
by: Ann Hagen
4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of a Common Fate
Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of a Common Fate 4.04 avg rating — 701 ratings
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Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat
Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat 4.05 avg rating — 557 ratings
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The Migraine Miracle: A Sugar-Free, Gluten-Free, Ancestral Diet to Reduce Inflammation and Relieve Your Headaches for Good
The Migraine Miracle: A Sugar-Free, Gluten-Free, Ancestral Diet to Reduce Inflammation and Relieve Your Headaches for Good 3.98 avg rating — 625 ratings
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A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food: Processing and Consumption
A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food: Processing and Consumption
by: Ann Hagen
4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Seeds of Resistance: The Fight to Save Our Food Supply
Seeds of Resistance: The Fight to Save Our Food Supply 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Barbecue: A Global History
Barbecue: A Global History 3.20 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers
Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers 3.90 avg rating — 24,269 ratings
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Apricot village: Further reminiscences of the Aynho gardener
Apricot village: Further reminiscences of the Aynho gardener it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Art of Cookery in the Middle Ages
The Art of Cookery in the Middle Ages 3.97 avg rating — 34 ratings
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I Am Not a Tractor!: How Florida Farmworkers Took On the Fast Food Giants and Won
I Am Not a Tractor!: How Florida Farmworkers Took On the Fast Food Giants and Won 4.32 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice
Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice 3.46 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Pure and Modern Milk: An Environmental History since 1900
Pure and Modern Milk: An Environmental History since 1900 3.93 avg rating — 45 ratings
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The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy
The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy 4.02 avg rating — 240 ratings
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Fighting the Banana Wars and Other Fairtrade Battles
Fighting the Banana Wars and Other Fairtrade Battles 3.47 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Ice Cream: The Delicious History
Ice Cream: The Delicious History 2.89 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table
Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table 4.19 avg rating — 239 ratings
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Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)
Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)
by: Cindy Ott
3.60 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Jellies & Their Moulds
Jellies & Their Moulds 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Would You Marry A Farmer?
Would You Marry A Farmer? 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit
Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit 3.96 avg rating — 4,507 ratings
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Food & Feast in Tudor England
Food & Feast in Tudor England 3.98 avg rating — 80 ratings
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The Days of the Servant Boy
The Days of the Servant Boy 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal
Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal 3.88 avg rating — 846 ratings
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Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing 4.03 avg rating — 4,655 ratings
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The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos
The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos 3.83 avg rating — 156 ratings
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First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
First Bite: How We Learn to Eat 3.89 avg rating — 3,452 ratings
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The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything
The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything 4.17 avg rating — 798 ratings
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Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human 3.88 avg rating — 4,044 ratings
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Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding
Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding 3.86 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Southern Food: At Home, On the Road, In History
Southern Food: At Home, On the Road, In History 4.23 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization
Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization 3.75 avg rating — 579 ratings
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Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, and Power
Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, and Power 4.34 avg rating — 172 ratings
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Seeking the Historical Cook: Exploring Eighteenth-Century Southern Foodways
Seeking the Historical Cook: Exploring Eighteenth-Century Southern Foodways
by: Kay Moss
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors 3.91 avg rating — 1,240 ratings
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Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition and Modern Medicine―Unpacking the Science Behind Food and Health
Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition and Modern Medicine―Unpacking the Science Behind Food and Health 4.26 avg rating — 6,133 ratings
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The Untold History of Ramen: How Political Crisis in Japan Spawned a Global Food Craze (California Studies in Food and Culture Volume 49)
The Untold History of Ramen: How Political Crisis in Japan Spawned a Global Food Craze (California Studies in Food and Culture Volume 49) 3.75 avg rating — 161 ratings
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The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat 3.62 avg rating — 4,578 ratings
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