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Book:The Food Book (2024)

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From The Food Book: The Stories, Science, and History of What We Eat by DK Publishing

One of the oldest written records about food dates from around 1650 BCE in the form of a recipe collection, complete with other culinary information, engraved on clay tablets from Mesopotamia.

My notes on things to learn about/do

These will one day become related articles.

  • How evolving foods impacted evolution and technology
  • Thoughts/ideas about food over time (false and true)
  • Paleontologist tooth studies
  • Nut/bread related deaths (not due to allergies)
  • History of snacking
  • Wineries
  • History of convenience foods
  • Animals that thieve eggs
  • Honey thieves
  • Foods associated with death and the dead