Moveable Feasts

[JTravel]

Just happened upon this in the library and it was a real find. The sub title is "From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat."

While "food miles" (as in how far did our food travel to get to us) are discussed it is not a preachy book. At the end reasonable solutions are discussed.

But the best parts of the book discuss in chapter form one product and its shipment. It starts with some archeology involving Amphoras of olive oil. There' s also the Berlin Airlift as a history changing event for feeding the people of the city and defeating Stalin. The Mongolian yogurt chapter was fascinating. Also included are tea clippers, barrels (with references to oak aged beer), salmon going from Norway to China and on to the U.S., the travels of tiffin lunches in Mumbai, strawberries, and grain elevators in Buffalo.

A really good read, I think, for anyone interested in food subjects.