Cuisine and Culture - A History of Food and People 3e

Had to read this book for culinary school. It’s quite packed with information to digest and ponder about in the history of food and culture that cannot be explained separately from another. I connected and understood human history reading this than I did regular social studies texts. Would recommend for foodies or those curious about food. Quite a bit is focused on the perspective of U.S. history with some other international countries.

It’s a book.... exactly as pictured , no funny business

"Cuisine & Culture - a History of Food and People" is a dreadful sham. It superficially skims a surface of food and people, and scatters gobbets of history so briefly as to appeal only to those with the smallest attention span. Worst, it has nothing to do with the "culture" indicated in the book's title. It is very US-centric.One US reviewer noted that the author erroneously informs us that Alaska became a US State in 1960 (the actual date was 1959). This is tantamount to giving the creation of Magna Carta a date of 1216, the Battle of Waterloo as 1816, or, as the author actually states in her discussion of Isabella Beeton, "at the end of the C19th, desperate peasant farmers from Ireland... went to the United States in search of a better life." The Irish Diaspora peaked over 50 years earlier in the Famine. She has a tendency for sweeping generalisations - for example, in discussing the medieval meal she states that "the best linen was used at the start..." This may have been true for a tiny minority, but certainly not the case for the greatest majority of folk. Her Latin is also lacking. Shameful from an author with a Masters in history from UCLA. How did these errors continue to exist in this "revised" edition, where were the editors?If you want a book that gives you long-winded answers to simple pub quiz questions about food, then this is it, though the answers may not be correct. If you want a book that actually deals with food and culture then look elsewhere!

The product arrived on time. Great book!

I ordered this book for my son who needed it for one of his classes in culinary school. I glanced through it and found it to be interesting and full of information I never knew. Now I can't wait to read it when my son is through with it! He is really enjoying the class and the knowledge he"s getting from this book. The book tells you all about different cultures from practically the cave man days through today, the foods ate, and the social, religious, and differentcustoms they practiced. It also explains a lot of myths and beliefs associated with foods.