Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food
"Edifying and entertaining." -- Foreword Reviews, starred reviewTaste Canada Silver Award Winner and Finalist for the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada AwardA rollicking exploration of the…
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"Edifying and entertaining." -- Foreword Reviews, starred reviewTaste Canada Silver Award Winner and Finalist for the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada AwardA rollicking exploration of the history and future of our favorite foodsWhen 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 Lenore Newman sets out to look at the history of the foods we have loved to death and what that means for the culinary paths we choose for the future. Whether it's chasing down the luscious butter of local Icelandic cattle or looking at the impacts of modern industrialized agriculture on the range of food varieties we can put in our shopping carts, Newman's bright,