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Food fight!, a mouthwatering history of who ate what and why through the ages, by Tanya Steel

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Food fight!, a mouthwatering history of who ate what and why through the ages, by Tanya Steel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 156) and indexes

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Age 10+

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 7 to 8

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Food fight!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1043954586

Responsibility statement

by Tanya Steel

Sub title

a mouthwatering history of who ate what and why through the ages

Summary

"History of food, fun facts about food, plus recipes, for children"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The prehistoric era: cave kids, catching dinner, and camp cookouts -- Egypt: feasts for mummies, mommies, and pharaohs -- Greece: Gods, goats, and Greek yogurt -- Rome: chariots, circuses, and roast cranes -- Medieval times: Barbarians, braised peacock, and damsels sometimes in distress -- Mongols & the Silk Road: Genghis, gers, and yogurt -- The Renaissance: turnspit dogs, sugar castles, and flying machines -- America revolts: iced tea, false teeth, and flummeries and syllabubs -- The French Revolution: terror reigns, restaurants debut, and few eat cake -- The Industrial Revolution: children and machines enter the workforce en masse -- World War I: Hatred and hunger spread -- America's Great Depression: breadlines, the Dust Bowl, and a crashing economy -- The world at war, again: Food rations, victory gardens, and patriotic pies -- The sixties: flower power, Apollo, and space-age food -- Future world: imagined life on Mars -- Food timeline -- Recipe index

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Mouthwatering history of who ate what and why through the ages

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