Hard to swallow : a brief history of food /
Richard W. Lacey.
- Cambridge, [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
- xi, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Preface. - Pt. I. Farming. 1. Plant crops. 2. Early meat. 3. Intensive rearing of mammals and birds - a true horror story. 4. Salmon and polyunsaturated fats. - Pt. II. Food processing. 5. Dried food. 6. Bread food. 7. Moist processed food. - Pt. III. Composition of Food. 8. Meat substitutes. 9. Food poisoning. 10. Additives. - Pt. IV. Getting Ready To Eat. 11. The supermarket. 12. Water, brown fizz and alcoholic drinks. 13. Take-aways. 14. For those of you with kitchens. - Pt. V. The ideal diet. 15. The ideal diet. 16. Hospital food - need it be so bad? 17. Enjoying eating. - Pt. VI. Is there a solution?. - Glossary. - Further reading. - Index.
0521440017 (hbk.)
Food. Food industry and trade. Food contamination. Nutrition.