Originally published: New York : Ballantine Books, 2007
Includes bibliography (pages [277]-285) and index
First taste: St. Albans -- Venice -- Lisbon -- Amsterdam -- Epilogue: Baltimore and Calicut
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Offers up a riveting, globe-trotting tale of unquenchable desire, fanatical religion, raw greed, fickle fashion, and mouthwatering cuisine, in short, the very stuff of which our world is made. In this engaging, enlightening, and anecdote-filled history, Michael Krondl, a noted chef turned writer and food historian, tells the story of three legendary cities - Venice, Lisbon, and Amsterdam, and how their single-minded pursuit of spice helped to make (and remake) the Western diet and set in motion the first great wave of globalization