- Published: 15 July 2011
- ISBN: 9780099534723
- Imprint: Arrow
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $35.00
Empires of Food
Feast, Famine and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
- Published: 15 July 2011
- ISBN: 9780099534723
- Imprint: Arrow
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $35.00
[A] lively history of food
Metro
It is a dense and intensive read, but the pair's flair for scene-setting rhetoric and well-timed wit lifts it from the drier tones of academia
Book of the Week, Time Out
A richly entertaining history of our relationship with the food that we put on our plates
Express
This isn't just first class scholarship, it's energetic writing ... a must-read for anyone who wants to know why every night a billion people got to bed obese and another billion go to bed hungry
George Alagiah
It is an absorbing, fascinating and timely book. The analysis ... is compelling, and their warning is stark. Best of all, it's a rattling good read
Matthew Fort
Food is powerful stuff not to be trifled with. A grand read
Fergus Henderson
A lively, informative, panic-free guide to the end of our "food empire" and where we go from here
Jeremy Harding, Contributing Editor, LRB