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A sweeping, accessible journey that transforms the contents of your pantry into a map of human civilization. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with An edible history of humanity.
- curious
- expansive
- grounded
- intellectual
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A history of the world in 6 glasses
Tom Standage · 2005
A lively, conversational journey through human history that reveals how our favorite beverages shaped the modern world.
- 02
Consider the fork
Bee Wilson
A delightful, inquisitive journey through the kitchen drawer that transforms mundane utensils into artifacts of human ingenuity.
- 03
Food in history
Reay Tannahill · 1973
A sweeping journey through human history, told through the universal lens of what we eat and how we gather.
- 04
Why the West Rules - For Now
Ian Morris
A sweeping, God's-eye view of human history that turns millennia of data into a gripping puzzle about geography, power, and our collective future.
- 05
Big History
Cynthia Stokes Brown · 2007
A sweeping, interdisciplinary journey that shrinks the cosmos into an accessible mosaic of deep time and human ecology.
- 06
Sweetness and power
Mintz, Sidney W. · 1985
A sobering, eye-opening exploration of how a single sweet commodity shaped the modern capitalist world and its darkest institutions.
- 07
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
A sweeping, paradigm-shifting journey that reveals the everyday structures of human life as nothing more than powerful, shared fictions.
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Energy in world history
Vaclav Smil · 1994
A sweeping, deeply pragmatic lens on human history that reveals the hidden physical forces shaping our world.
- 09
Ideas
Peter Watson · 2005
A sweeping, panoramic journey through the evolution of human thought that leaves the reader feeling intellectually expanded and deeply connected to the past.
- 10
The True History of Chocolate
Michael D. Coe
A rich, multidisciplinary journey tracing a beloved indulgence from ancient sacred beverage to modern mass commodity.
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Catching fire
Richard Wrangham · 2009
A paradigm-shifting exploration of how the simple act of cooking transformed our ancestors into modern humans.
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Salt
Mark Kurlansky · 2002
A sweeping, globe-trotting journey that transforms a common table condiment into the secret engine of human civilization.
