Salt

ISBN-13: 9780099281993 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010

Mark Kurlansky

Opis

Homer called salt a divine substance, while Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Kurlansky blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into this history of the substance.

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Recenzje

Refreshing and invigorating, full of fascinating fact Independent on Sunday

O autorze

Mark Kurlansky is the author of 23 books of fiction, nonfiction, children's writing. His best-selling Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World won the 1999 James Beard Award for Food Writing and the 1999 Glenfiddich Award. His other works include: Salt, The Basque History of the World and the short story collection The White Man in the Tree. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.