We may not give much thought to the boxes in our freezers or the cans on our shelves, but behind the story of food preservation is the history of c...
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Jan 18, 2009
Sheila
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Currently reading- as you can guess from the title this book is about food preserving- specifically, the history of food preserving. If you want to know why we react to foods with built-in biases, Sue Shepherd gives you the wherefores and whats but lets you develop the whys.
Cylvia, this book is in the library. With a waiting list...
This was an intriguing book to read alongside Mark Bittman's "Food Matters" and Michael Pollan's "Omnivore's Dilemma". Sue S More...
Cylvia, this book is in the library. With a waiting list...
This was an intriguing book to read alongside Mark Bittman's "Food Matters" and Michael Pollan's "Omnivore's Dilemma". Sue S More...
Dec 04, 2010
Jess
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This book kicked off my current obsession with preserving foods -- I think it's such a fascinating part of all the food-related issues I'm interested in. Plus, where else can you read about Attila the Hun's "gallop-cured" meat -- preserved by the up-and-down motion of the rider, plus the salt from the horse's sweat. Yum.
I've been reading all I can about the alternative models of agriculture and food business that have arisen as if in opposition of our current dominant indus More...
I've been reading all I can about the alternative models of agriculture and food business that have arisen as if in opposition of our current dominant indus More...
Nov 29, 2008
Martinxo
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This is a very well researched book on the history of food preserving. Too much detail for me though, I ended up skimming the 300 or so pages. I would have preferred a 30 page essay. Don't let my two stars put you off though, good for anyone who wants the in-depth history.
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Sep 13, 2009
Cerealflakes
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This is a well-researched book on food preservation throughout history. I found certain sections (canning, freezing) more interesting than others (freeze drying meat), but overall an interesting book. Parts of the book were pretty dry.
Jan 23, 2011
Seth
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not as boring as it sounds! Also, this is what happens when you read to many post-apocalypse books. Maybe focuses too much on the British Navy.
Dec 24, 2008
A fun book to read in the style of SALT. Not as good as salt, but nice reading.
Dec 17, 2009
Jen
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The chapter lengths were a bit uneven -- the first few chapters, on dried meat and fish, were especially large -- but there's a lot of interesting stuff in here. A good book to read as a counterpoint to all the local-food books that have come out in the past few years. Which is not to say that localism and preservation are mutually exclusive -- they can't be. But the history of imported fish goes back farther than I expected.
Apr 16, 2011
Mindy
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I was really excited to take this home and dig in. However, I just couldn't get into it, and ended up skimming over most of the book until something briefly caught my interest. Not sure what went wrong, it was very informational.
Feb 21, 2011
Caryn
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Fascinating read- very thorough and full of interesting facts. Despite the somewhat stale (excuse the pun) topic, the writing is flavorfull and overall its a great book!
Sep 22, 2011
Lindsay
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Didn't make it all the way through, but it was interesting! Just a whole lot of information...
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