Jenny Linford Repast (British Museum): The Story of Food Hardback Book

RepastTaking a broadly chronological approach to the subject, the book is arranged into thirteen thematic chapters, starting with explorations of hunting and gathering and ending with the history of eating out along the way, agriculture, alcohol, and cookingamong other subjectsare also investigated. Interspersed among the many remarkable objects examined in each chapter is a series of indepth essays on such topics as tea (the worlds most consumed drink after water), pork (one of the worlds most consumed meats), and wheat (the source of 20 percent of the worlds human calorie consumption), revealing the many social, cultural, and religious aspects of food. Repast | Jenny Linford Repast (British Museum): The Story of Food Hardback Book