Tento autor skúma fascinujúce prepojenia histórie, geografie a gastronómie. Jeho písanie sa ponára do prekvapivých súvislostí medzi minulosťou a súčasnosťou, najmä v oblasti histórie jedla. Sprostredkovaním pútavého rozprávania zdieľa svoje zážitky z rozsiahleho cestovania po svete, od Austrálie cez americký Stredozápad až po ďaleké krajiny. Jeho diela pozývajú čitateľov objavovať svet prostredníctvom chutí a príbehov.
The book explores the 12,000-year relationship between humans and pigs, highlighting how pork has influenced cultures and cuisines throughout history. It examines the introduction of pigs to the Americas and their transformative impact on lives and communities, particularly in the Midwest, where they played a significant role in shaping regional identity and showcasing its diversity and abundance.
Food historian Cynthia Clampitt pens the epic story of what happened when Mesoamerican farmers bred a nondescript grass into a staff of life so prolific, so protean, that it represents nothing less than one of humankind's greatest achievements. Blending history with expert reportage, she traces the disparate threads that have woven corn into the fabric of our diet, politics, economy, science, and cuisine. At the same time she explores its future as a source of energy and the foundation of seemingly limitless green technologies. The result is a bourbon-to-biofuels portrait of the astonishing plant that sustains the world.