The Food Programme: 13 Foods that Shape Our World by Alex Renton

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The Food Programme: 13 Foods that Shape Our World by Alex Renton

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In the first official book from BBC Radio 4's hit series The Food Programme, Alex Renton tells the stories of 13 key ingredients such as spices, oil, cocoa and rice, exploring their history, evolution and how our ever-growing hunger for them continues to alter our world.

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The Food Programme: 13 Foods that Shape Our World by Alex Renton

In the first official book from BBC Radio 4's hit series The Food Programme, Alex Renton tells the stories of 13 key ingredients such as spices, oil, cocoa and rice, exploring their history, evolution and how our ever-growing hunger for them continues to alter our world.
Alex Renton (Author)
Alex Renton is an award-winning writer and reporter whose career has ranged from theatre criticism, food writing and the investigation of child abuse to work as a political correspondent and war reporter in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He is also the author of Planet Carnivore and Blood Legacy.

Sheila Dillon (Foreword By)
Sheila Dillon is a British writer and broadcaster who began her career writing for the New York food magazine Food Monitor. She is known to listeners of Radio Four as presenter of The Food Programme, on which she has appeared for more than 20 years. Dillon also presents the annual Food and Farming Awards.

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ISBN 13 9781785947384
ISBN 10 1785947389
Title The Food Programme: 13 Foods that Shape Our World
Author Alex Renton
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Ebury Publishing
Year published 2022-05-05
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.