The lost supper : searching for the future of food in the flavors of the past / Taras Grescoe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grescoe, Taras, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--History.

Food.

Food habits--History.

Food habits.

Cooking--History.

Cooking.

Genre:

History

Informational works

Informational works.

Physical Description:

327 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver ; Berkeley ; London : Greystone Books : David Suzuki Institute, [2023]

Summary:

"Many of us are worried (or at least we should be) about the impacts of globalization, pollution, and biotechnology on our diets. Whether it's monoculture crops, hormone-fed beef, or high-fructose corn syrup, industrially-produced foods have troubling consequences for us and the planet. But as culinary diversity diminishes, many people are looking to a surprising place to safeguard the future: into the past. The Lost Supper explores an idea that is quickly spreading among restaurateurs, food producers, scientists, and gastronomes around the world: that the key to healthy and sustainable eating lies not in looking forward, but in looking back to the foods that have sustained us through our half-million-year existence as a species"-- Publisher's website.

"Acclaimed author Taras Grescoe introduces readers to the surprising and forgotten flavors whose revival is captivating food-lovers around the world: ancient sourdough bread last baked by Egyptian pharaohs; raw-milk farmhouse cheese from critically endangered British dairy cattle; ham from Spanish pata negra pigs that have been foraging on acorns on a secluded island since before the United States was a nation; and olive oil from wild olive trees uniquely capable of resisting quickly evolving pests and modern pathogens. From Ancient Roman fish sauce to Aztec caviar to the long-thought-extinct silphium, The Lost Supper is a deep dive into the latest frontier of global gastronomy--the archaeology of taste. Through vivid writing, history, and first-hand culinary experience, Grescoe sets out a provocative case: in order to save these foods, he argues, we've got to eat them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue

Montreal : kitchen dreams

Mexico City : the secret of Axayacatl

Ossabaw Island : some pig

Cádiz : the quintessence of putresence

Yorkshire Dales : hard cheese

Puglia : the death of the immortals

Cappadocia : lost and found

Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu : bread alone

Miʹwerʹla : the cooked and the raw

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-313) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Grescoe, Taras. Lost supper.

ISBN:

1771647639

9781771647632

OCLC:

1369523221

Publisher Number:

99994656015