How Would You Like Your Mammoth?
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How Would You Like Your Mammoth?

12,000 Years of Culinary History in 50 Bite-Size Essays

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

How Would You Like Your Mammoth?

12,000 Years of Culinary History in 50 Bite-Size Essays

About this book

"Deft and era-spanning... Uta Seeburg compresses a vast culinary history into a collection that's equal parts lively and illuminating." — Mayukh Sen, author of Taste Makers

  • What foods did ancient Egyptians think worthy of accompanying pharaohs into the afterlife?

  • How could canned meat have doomed the 1845 Franklin expedition?

  • Why did a king have to order his subjects to eat potatoes?

  • Why did a sixteenth-century cookbook author argue that beavers should be considered fish?

A revelatory romp through the history of humanity, this collection of fifty snackable essays answers all of these baffling culinary enigmas and more. Packed to the brim with juicy tidbits and cultural insights, How Would You Like Your Mammoth? is a fascinating look at how the food we eat defines us – and always has.

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Yes, you can access How Would You Like Your Mammoth? by Uta Seeburg, Ayça Türkoğlu in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Art & Social History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781803997339
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Social History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Greetings from the Kitchen
  7. c. 10,000 BCE: Grilled Mammoth, North America
  8. c. 5500 BCE: Grain Porridge and Einkorn Bread, Central Europe
  9. c. 1730 BCE: Lamb Stew with Barley Cakes, Babylonia
  10. c. 1400 BCE: Mummified Beef Ribs, Egypt
  11. c. 850 BCE: Mansaf, Syria
  12. c. 700 BCE: Grape Bread and Baked Onions, Etruria
  13. c. 30 CE: Bread and Wine, Roman Palestine
  14. c. 100 CE: Gladiator Stew, Roman Empire
  15. c. 600 CE: Injera, Aksumite Empire
  16. c. 1150 CE: Cure-All Soup, Holy Roman Empire
  17. c. 1200 CE: Hotpot, Chinese Empire (Song Dynasty)
  18. c. 1350 CE: Blamensir, Holy Roman Empire
  19. c. 1360 CE: Lotus Blossom Carved from a Watermelon, Sukhothai Kingdom
  20. c. 1500 CE: Curry, India
  21. c. 1550 CE: Twelve Ounces of Solid Food, Fourteen Ounces of Wine, Italy
  22. c. 1560 CE: False Venison Roast, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
  23. 1584 CE: Borscht, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  24. c. 1650 CE: Roast Swan, Europe
  25. 1651 CE: Sauce, France
  26. c. 1720 CE: Afternoon Tea, Kingdom of England
  27. 1770 CE: Potatoes Cooked in Their Skins, Kingdom of Prussia
  28. c. 1790 CE: Picnic, France and the United Kingdom
  29. c. 1810 CE: Canned Meat, French Empire
  30. c. 1830 CE: Nigiri Sushi, Japan
  31. c. 1860 CE: Fish and Chips, United Kingdom
  32. c. 1880 CE: Dishes Named after Bismarck, German Empire
  33. 1882 CE: Hunger Strike, Russian Empire
  34. 1883 CE: Romanian Caviar and Filet de Boeuf à la Jardinière, Between Paris and Constantinople
  35. c. 1900 CE: Pastrami Sandwich, USA
  36. c. 1900 CE: Kleiner Schwarzer, Austro-Hungarian Empire
  37. 1917 CE: Turnip Jam, German Empire
  38. c. 1920 CE: Student Meals, Weimar Republic
  39. c. 1930 CE: Bauhaus Canapés and Carneplastico, Europe
  40. 1933 CE: Langouste Belle Aurore, French Republic
  41. c. 1935 CE: Pan de Muerto and Sugar Skulls, Mexico
  42. 1937 CE: BBC Omelet, United Kingdom
  43. 1944 CE: Vegetable Pie, United Kingdom
  44. 1946 CE: Leftovers, Worldwide
  45. 1948 CE: Hamburger, USA
  46. c. 1950 CE: Bánh Mì, Vietnam
  47. 1955 CE: Toast Hawaii, West Germany
  48. 1958 CE: The People’s Noodle Soup, People’s Republic of China
  49. 1969 CE: Dehydrated Chicken Soup, Space
  50. c. 1970 CE: Buffet, West Germany
  51. 1976 CE: The Gatsby Sandwich, South Africa
  52. c. 1995 CE: Liquid Olives, Spain
  53. 1999 CE: Naked Roast Lamb, United Kingdom
  54. 2003 CE: Mushroom and Mussel Broth on Hay, Kingdom of Denmark
  55. c. 2010 CE: Nomura Jellyfish Salad, Japan
  56. c. 2020 CE: Pandemic Dinner, Worldwide
  57. Notes
  58. About the Author