The Taste of Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World

by Lizzie Collingham

Book Overview

A history of the British Empire told through twenty meals eaten around the world In The Taste of Empire , acclaimed historian Lizzie Collingham tells the story of how the British Empire's quest for food shaped the modern world. Told through twenty meals over the course of 450 years, from the Far East to the New World, Collingham explains how Africans taught Americans how to grow rice, how the East India Company turned opium into tea, and how Americans...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465056660
• ISBN13: 9780465056668
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"