Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them - Brossura

Saladino, Dan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1787331245 ISBN 13: 9781787331242

Casa editrice: Jonathan Cape, 2021

Riassunto

* Winner of the James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2022 *
* Winner of the Fortnum & Mason Food Book Award 2022 *
* Winner of the Guild of Food Writers Food Book of the Year 2022 *
* Winner of the Guild of Food Writers First Book of the Year 2022 *
* André Simon Special Commendation Award 2021 *
* Shortlisted for the Stanford Food and Drink Travel Book of the Year *

'A book of wonders' Bee Wilson, Sunday Times, Books of the Year

'Dan Saladino inspires us to believe that turning the tide is still possible.' Yotam Ottolenghi

'I love this book... I wish the whole world could read it' Raymond Blanc

Eating to Extinction is an astonishing journey through the past, present and future of food, a love letter to the diversity of global food cultures, and a work of great urgency and hope.

From a tiny crimson pear in the west of England to great chunks of fermented sheep meat in the Faroe Islands to an exploding corn in Mexico that might just hold the key to the future of food - these are just some of the thousands of foods around the world today that are at risk of being lost for ever.

In this captivating and wide-ranging book, Dan Saladino spans the globe to uncover the stories of these foods. He meets the pioneering farmers, scientists, cooks, food producers and indigenous communities who are preserving food traditions and fighting for change. All human history is woven through these stories, from the first great migrations to the slave trade to the refugee crisis today. But Eating to Extinction is about so much more than preserving the past. Eating to Extinction reveals a world at a crisis point: the future of our planet depends on reclaiming genetic biodiversity before it is too late.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Dan Saladino is a journalist and broadcaster. He makes programmes about food for BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service. His work has been recognised by the Guild of Food Writers Awards, the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards, and in America by the James Beard Foundation. Eating to Extinction was awarded the 2019 Jane Grigson Trust Award. He lives in Cheltenham but his roots are Sicilian.

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From a tiny crimson pear in the west of England to great chunks of fermented sheep meat in the Faroe Islands, from pistachios in Syria to flat oysters in Denmark, from a wild honey harvested with the help of birds to an exploding corn that might just hold the key to the future of food - these are just some of the thousands of foods around the world today that are at risk of being lost for ever.

In this captivating and wide-ranging book, Dan Saladino spans the globe to uncover the stories of these foods. He meets the pioneering farmers, scientists, cooks, food producers and indigenous communities who are preserving food traditions and fighting for change. All human history is woven through these stories, from the first great migrations to the slave trade to the refugee crisis today. But Eating to Extinction is about so much more than preserving the past. It reveals a world at a crisis point: the future of our planet depends on reclaiming genetic biodiversity before it is too late.

Eating to Extinction is an astonishing journey through the past, present and future of food, a love letter to the diversity of global food cultures, and a work of great urgency and hope.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Jonathan Cape
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1787331245
• ISBN 13: 9781787331242
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 464
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile