Eating to Extinction

The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

Eating to Extinction
Dan Saladino
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23 Sep 2021 UK
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9781787331242
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A captivating and urgent exploration of some of the world' s most endangered foods, Eating to Extinction is a thrilling journey through the history of humankind' s relationship with food, and an essential book for our times. A captivating and unexpected journey through the history of humankind' s relationship with food, with an urgent message for our times. In an age of mass extinction, intensive agriculture and the standardization of taste are not only wiping out many edible plants, but also the food cultures, histories and livelihoods that go with them. Inspired by a global project to collect and preserve foods that are at risk of extinction, Dan Saladino sets out to encounter these endangered foods and the people fighting to save them. Each food tells a story - some of them moving and personal, some of them urgent and timely - and collectively they span the history of civilisation and touch on many of the biggest issues of our time, from climate change to global inequality. From a humble pea transported to America on slave ships to a mysterious cheese made in the mountains of Albania, from the wild honey still harvested by a nomadic tribe in Tanzania to the genetic ancestor of all the world' s oranges in the mountain forests of India, each ingredient transports us to a different time and place. Spanning the globe in his search for the most endangered foods, Dan Saladino takes us on a thrilling tour of a disappearing world, and reveals the battles being fought for the future of the planet.
This is a big book with a simple message: that we all need to pay more attention to what we are (and are no longer) eating. Behind everything we eat there are people, places and stories. When we lose diversity in our food we threaten, also, the culture and history of the land and people who produce it. As the world becomes increasingly homogenous, preserving these things - keeping hold of diversity - matters. Dan Saladino manages to highlight the urgency of this matter whilst also inspiring us to believe that turning the tide is still possible. -- Yotam Ottolenghi Dan Saladino' s stories of endangered foods form a rallying cry to us all to protect the world' s diversity before it' s too late. But this is also a book filled with optimism; it captures the energy of a global movement of people dedicating their lives to saving the plants, the animals, the flavours and the food knowledge we must preserve. -- Alice Waters For anyone interested in Darwin, world power, and life itself, read on. -- Cerys Matthews Dan Saladino' s brilliant book answers the questions we forgot to ask, and highlights the incredible diversity we stand to lose. A genuine masterpiece and a call to arms. Everyone who loves food and cooking should read this. -- Gill Meller A fascinating journey across the fast disappearing diversity of our foods, which we ignore at our peril - a brilliant read. -- Tim Spector I' ve long admired Dan Saladino' s journalism for its broad scope and passion. The same qualities animate his first book Eating to Extinction, an inspiring account of endangered foods and food cultures across the planet. Everyone who cares about what they eat will want to know its stories. -- Harold McGee This is an enthralling tour of some the world' s most endangered foods. . . Saladino marshals a galvanising array of evidence for what we stand to lose -- Caroline Sanderson * The Bookseller * Eating to Extinction is an eloquent call to arms to rescue the invaluable history of what we eat: Saladino follows in the footsteps of Attenborough with his inspiring and superbly researched account of a world of endangered foods as climate change threatens not only our nutrition and pleasure but also our heritage and culture. -- Geraldene Holt, Chair of the Jane Grigson Trust Award
Dan Saladino is a journalist and broadcaster who makes programmes about food for BBC Radio 4 and the World Service. His work has been recognised by the Guild of Food Writers Awards, the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards, and in America by the James Beard Foundation. Eating to Extinction was awarded the 2019 Jane Grigson Trust Award. He lives in Cheltenham but his roots are Sicilian.
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ISBN-13: 9781787331242
Published: 23 Sep 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Jonathan Cape
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Spine: 40mm
Weight: 700g
Pages: 464

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