SilverMoon Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 (edited) . Edited August 30, 2023 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 We're working through 'what Einstein told his chef' and I have 'edible history of humanity' which I really liked and may assign dd to read. My mil bought her a food technology textbook that schools use and she's been poring over it... Listening in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerforest Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 We've used most of that course and it's been one of our favorites. We use it along with history for the past 3 years. Highly recommend it. This year we've also taken several single food items and read a book about their historical, social, economical, nutritional, scientific, etc history. We did bananas, chocolate, sugar, some potato info but that was just 1 chapter. We focused a bit on items involved with Columbian Exchange to align with history and it's been excellent. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LMD Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Edible history is definitely history - very interesting about how certain crops changed the world. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibiche Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 (edited) Sounds like fun. I'll try to come back with other suggestions, but off the top of my head I recommend most enthusiastically "America's First Cuisines" by Sophie Coe. It is an excellent book. Her "The True History of Chocolate" (finished by her husband, renown archaeologist Michael Coe, after her death) is not quite as good, but nonetheless a worthwhile read. Edited February 4, 2017 by bibiche 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerforest Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 If you've bought the GC course or have Great Courses Plus, there are a ton of excellent book suggestions in it. Our favorite so far this year has been, Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World. We're an adoptive family; DD was born in Guatemala so there were some sections that were tough for her because of the history of bananas in Guatemala, but I think it was a good introduction to that topic for her. You do end up leaving the book wondering whether you should just stop eating bananas entirely because of their atrocious socio-economic and anti-humanitarian history or eat even more before they disappear because of disease and genetics. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth 2 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 On Netflix is the documentary "cooked". That may give some guidance and info as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ScoutTN Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Sounds so fun! Following this for when my Ds is a bit older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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