The art of taste. Vurgft B., White M.

Food has always been a source of passions and temptations - and sometimes even could change the course of human history. Thanks to wheat and drawing, the first world empires arose, the pursuit of spices predetermined the course of European geographical discoveries and conquests, and without coffee and sugar the existence of modern capitalism is an is an is an is an is an is an is an is an is an is an is an is an is an is a is a is a shallow. This book, written by Anthropologist Merry White and historian Benjamin Wurgt, suggests a new look at the relationship between culture, society and products that lie on your table.

The authors travel in time and space - from ancient Roman feasts to McDonald's, from the Italian outback to the noisy streets of Tokyo and Seoul, from mountain coffee plantations to an ordinary department store - and find a lot of unexclusive stories that will surprise the most sophisticated reader.