Food Fight!: A Mouthwatering History of Who Ate What and Why Through the Ages (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781426331626)

Grab your knife and fork and get ready to dig in to human history through the lens of food and the struggle to acquire it with award-winning celebrity food editor and author Tanya Steel. This book includes 30 kid-tested and approved recipes inside

Did you know that Christopher Columbus set out on his most famous voyage in search not of the new world, but cinnamon? Or that rich people in the Middle Ages served flaming peacocks and spun sugar castles to their lucky dinner party guests? Did you ever wonder why M&Ms were invented? (Hint: That candy coating isn't just for decoration ) The quest for food has inspired all kinds of adventures and misadventures around the world, and this book explores the wildest and wackiest of them all, from prehistoric times through modern day.

Hungry readers can go on a finger-licking romp through the ages to discover the origins of today's common foods, yucky habits of yore, marvelous inventions that changed the way we ate and cooked, and the weirdest menus on record. Amazing stats and fast food facts are featured throughout, along with 30 original recipes, each specific to a particular time and place. So, if you are curious about how food shaped global history and culture, put this book on the menu.

Author: Tanya Steel
ISBN-10: 1426331622
ISBN-13: 9781426331626
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
Language: English
Published: 09/11/2018
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 10.90h x 9.40w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2018 pg. 36
School Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 1
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory