In Berries: A Global History, Heather Arndt Anderson relates the story of how humans came to love these tiny, bewildering fruits. Readers meet the inventor of thornless brambles, learn ancient fables and berry-lore, and discover berries’ use in poisonous witches’ brews and modern superfood health crazes.
(Description from Reaktion Books website)
By Heather Arndt Anderson
Food in History is packed with intriguing information, lore, and startling insights – like what cinnamon had to do with the discovery of America, and how food has influenced population growth and urban expansion.
(Description from Penguin House Publishers’ website)
By Reay Tannahill
By A. Adams & A. Alden