HUNGRY EMPIRE (BRITAINS QUEST FOR FOOD) (PB)

A fascinating journey across the centuries and continents to discover how food drove the British Empire and shaped the world, revealing how virtually every meal we eat still contains a taste of empire. In twenty meals it tells the story of how the British created a global network of commerce and trade in foodstuffs that moved people and plants from one continent to another, reshaping landscapes and culinary tastes, allowing Britain to harness the globe's edible resources from cod fish and salt beef to spices, tea and sugar.