Famine Foods Minnis Paul E.
How people eat today is a record of food use through the ages--and not just the decadent, delicious foods but the less glamorous and often life-saving foods from periods of famine as well. In Famine…
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How people eat today is a record of food use through the ages--and not just the decadent, delicious foods but the less glamorous and often life-saving foods from periods of famine as well. In Famine Foods, Paul E. Minnis focuses on the myriad plants that have sustained human populations throughout the course of history, unveiling the those that people have consumed, and often still consume, to avoid starvation. For the first time, this book offers a fascinating overview of famine foods--how they are used, who uses them, and, perhaps most importantly, why they may be critical to sustain human life in the future.In addition to a broader discussion of famine foods, Minnis includes fourteen short case studies that examine the use of alternative foods in human societies throughout the world, from hunter-gatherers to major nations. When environmental catastrophes, war, corrupt