{"id":1101,"date":"2009-06-18T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/2009\/06\/an-edible-history-of-humanity.html"},"modified":"2009-06-18T08:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T15:57:00","slug":"an-edible-history-of-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/2009\/06\/an-edible-history-of-humanity.html","title":{"rendered":""An Edible History of Humanity""},"content":{"rendered":"

I DON’T think there’s a book i’ve given as a gift more often than “a history of the world in 6 glasses,” a brisk and delightful tour, from \"\"ancient egypt to 20th century america, in roughly 250 pages. it left me with me\"\"morable images : mesopotamians discovering beer, imperial romans swilling wine, coffee being downed in cafes in 18th c. london and edinburgh –where it fueled the age of reason.<\/p>\n

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the author, economist magazine editor tom standage, has a new book, “an edible history of humanity,” which looks at the way food — the invention of agriculture, the food surpluses that allowed artists and priests to develop, the coming of hierarchy and the use of food in war and politics — has shaped human history.<\/div>\n
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HERE<\/span><\/span><\/a> is my interview with standage from today’s LAT. i spoke to him a few days before a book party in new york that would offer hunter-gatherer appetizers and work though food history with each course.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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one of the book\u2019s surprising points: the move to farming was at best an ambiguous step for the human race, involving a lot more work and a less healthy diet: latter day greeks and turks have still not regained their height from their stone age days.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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and who knew the ancient romans used to worry about food miles?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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i look forward to what this guy comes up with next. <\/div>\n
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Photo credit: Maurus<\/a>\/ Bridgeman Art Library, London; Giotto<\/a>\/ pinakothek, munich<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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