The Hungry Empire

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Description of the book

In 20 meals The Hungry Empire tells the story of how the British created a global network of trade in foodstuffs that moved people and plants from one continent to another, re-shaping landscapes and culinary tastes. To be British was to eat the world. The Empire allowed Britain to harness the globe's edible resources from salt beef to sugar. By the twentieth century the wheat to make the working man's loaf of bread was supplied by Canada and his Sunday leg of lamb had been fattened on New Zealand's grasslands. Lizzie Collingham takes us on a wide-ranging culinary journey, revealing how virtually every meal we eat still contains a taste of empire.

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Length Audiobook:

10h 34min

Language:

English

Published:

01/03/2018

Publisher Audiobook:

Isis Audio

ISBN Audiobook:

9781445070834

© 2018 Isis Audio (Audiobook)

© 2017 Lizzie Collingham (Audiobook)