“Cancerous is exactly the state of our twenty-first-century global food empire. Whither concentrated orange juice, thither the vast, unmeasured apparatus of commodities markets, shipping fleets, wholesale buyers, and shopping carts.” p. 124
Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations, Evan D.G. Fraser and Andrew Rimas
Come back on Friday for a full review plus a chance to win a copy!
In the meantime, you can read my review of Edible: A Celebration of Local Food and enter to win.
Also, don’t forget about the Food & Faith Challenge! This week focuses on Local Farms.
Nice teaser! I can say I haven’t read a book centered on food before, but this sounds like a good one to start with.
My TT is here.
This does sound interesting but I am of the “ignorance is bliss” philosophy when it comes to the food I eat. My teaser is from Naamah’s Curse by Jacqueline Carey.
If you like this one, you could give Jared Diamond a try (e.g. Guns, Germs & Steel) – he’s another author who looks at how the entire systems of civilisations can collapse… although having said that, some other anthropologists aren’t sure about some of his methods….
My teaser’s at http://hampshireflyer.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/teaser-tuesday-17/