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Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food
Contributor(s): Newman, Lenore (Author), Eby, Tanya (Narrated by)

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 ISBN: 1515946223     ISBN-13: 9781515946229
Publisher: Tantor Audio
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Binding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2019
* Out of Print *
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BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
- Social Science | Agriculture & Food
- Cooking | History
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.4" W x 5.5" L (0.40 lbs)
Themes:
- Topical - Ecology
Features: Price on Product, Unabridged
 
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Publisher Description:
A rollicking exploration of the history and future of our favorite foods. When we humans love foods, we love them a lot. In fact, we have often eaten them into extinction, whether it is the megafauna of the Paleolithic world or the passenger pigeon of the last century. In Lost Feast, food expert Lenore Newman sets out to look at the history of the foods we have loved to death and what that means for the culinary paths we choose for the future. Whether it's chasing down the luscious butter of local Icelandic cattle or looking at the impacts of modern industrialized agriculture on the range of food varieties we can put in our shopping carts, Newman's bright, intelligent gaze finds insight and humor at every turn. Bracketing the chapters that look at the history of our relationship to specific foods, Lenore enlists her ecologist friend and fellow cook, Dan, in a series of extinction dinners designed to recreate meals of the past or to illustrate how we might be eating in the future. Part culinary romp, part environmental wake-up call, Lost Feast makes a critical contribution to our understanding of food security today. You will never look at what's on your plate in quite the same way again.

Contributor Bio(s): Eby, Tanya: - Tanya Eby has been a voice-over artist for over a decade. She is an Audie-nominated and AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. Besides narrating, Tanya spends her time teaching creative writing classes at the collegiate level, blogging, and working on her own novels.Newman, Lenore: - Lenore Newman is the Canada Research Chair in Food Security and Environment at the University of the Fraser Valley. She is the author of the acclaimed Speaking in Cod Tongues: A Canadian Culinary Journey. She divides her time between Vancouver and Roberts Creek, British Columbia.
 
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