Food: An Authoriative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World

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Summary: Lots of obscure (but interesting) information
Review: Mr. Root appears to have done his homework. He discusses the origins of virtually every western food. I particularly found the information on the development of both vegetables and animals through selective breeding to be interesting. For instance, I was intrigued to learn that cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, kale, collards and kohlrabi were all developed from the same plant. It is certainly not a long stretch to consider selective breeding as early genetic engineering.