Food & Society

From prompting a transition from hunter-gatherer to an agrarian lifestyle in ancient Mesopotamia to bankrolling Britain's imperialist conquests, st...

The ancient art of fermenting is finding new popularity again as modern science and trends discover the importance of gut health for overall wellbe...

During the eighteenth century, ladies of high society kept handwritten notes on recipes and it became fashionable to exchange the most successful w...

The food system has changed considerably in the last century. Horsepower was replaced by machine, better crop breeding programs helped usher in the...

Many decisions which have had enormous historical consequences have been made over the dinner table, and have been accompanied (and perhaps in infl...

Mark Kurlansky's first global food history since the bestselling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic and culinary story of milk and al...

**Wine and Spirits Book of the Year 2017** A fascinating look into the world of cheese and its creators. In little more than a century, the driv...

Rapper, chef, and television star Action Bronson is a marijuana superhero, both its champion and devoted consumer, and Stoned Beyond Belief is the ...

What is halal? Does Islam have a particular flavour? Is culture transferred through gastronomy? In this issue we resist intoxication by wine and so...

Though the word vegetarianism was not coined until the mid-nineteenth century, the vegetarian diet has been around as long as man has. Vegetarians ...

For over a century, the banana has been the world's favourite fruit. Quick and easy to eat, tasty and versatile, the banana is a staple of many die...

Winner, 2019 IACP Award for Best Book of the Year in Food MattersNamed one of the Best Food Books of the Year by The New Yorker, Smithsonian, The B...

'Oh what a perfect book. It makes me want to take a year off and stand in a kitchen, all day every day trying to bring these wonderful dishes to li...

How could a vegetable be so beloved, so universal, and at the same time so disdained? One of the oldest crops in the world, cabbage has provided Eu...

America has never felt more divided. But in the midst of all the acrimony comes one of the most promising movements in our countrys history. People...

Did you ever wonder what the Tudors ate and drank? What was Elizabeth I''s first meal after the defeat of the Spanish Armada? Which pies did Henry ...

Ingredients of Change explores modern Bulgaria's foodways from the Ottoman era to the present, outlining how Bulgarians domesticated and adapted di...

A book about coffee and around coffee, for the curious and open-minded, and for those interested to know a little bit about the world''s most belov...

RECOMMENDED BY SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE AS A BEST BOOK ABOUT FOOD OF 2016! READERS WITH AN INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF FOOD AND AMERICANA WILL SAVOR TH...

Seaweed is both the world's oldest and newest superfood. As a food, seaweeds are now more associated with the East than with the West, yet they hav...

Belgians take their beer seriously. With over 400 (!) breweries in Belgium, there are many beer-related stories and histories to tell. In this book...