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Mr. Kiple's book nibbles it's way around the world, from the Silk Road to McDonalds. This beautiful little book is brimming with curious facts and historical trivia, it is sure to satisfy the most finicky of fact collectors. Mr. Kiple co-edited the two volume bible of food history, "The Cambridge World History of Food"; if you don't have time to digest 2,000 pages of history, I suggest you snack on "A Movable Feast".
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Movable Feast (07 Edition) by Kenneth F. Kiple
joel benito, July 8, 2007
Mr. Kiple's book nibbles it's way around the world, from the Silk Road to McDonalds. This beautiful little book is brimming with curious facts and historical trivia, it is sure to satisfy the most finicky of fact collectors. Mr. Kiple co-edited the two volume bible of food history, "The Cambridge World History of Food"; if you don't have time to digest 2,000 pages of history, I suggest you snack on "A Movable Feast".(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)