Food fight! : a mouthwatering history of who ate what and why through the ages /
by Tanya Steel.
- 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.
- National Geographic kids .
- National Geographic kids. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 156) and indexes.
The prehistoric era: cave kids, catching dinner, and camp cookouts -- Egypt: feasts for mummies, mommies, and pharaohs -- Greece: Gods, goats, and Greek yogurt -- Rome: chariots, circuses, and roast cranes -- Medieval times: Barbarians, braised peacock, and damsels sometimes in distress -- Mongols & the Silk Road: Genghis, gers, and yogurt -- The Renaissance: turnspit dogs, sugar castles, and flying machines -- America revolts: iced tea, false teeth, and flummeries and syllabubs -- The French Revolution: terror reigns, restaurants debut, and few eat cake -- The Industrial Revolution: children and machines enter the workforce en masse -- World War I: Hatred and hunger spread -- America's Great Depression: breadlines, the Dust Bowl, and a crashing economy -- The world at war, again: Food rations, victory gardens, and patriotic pies -- The sixties: flower power, Apollo, and space-age food -- Future world: imagined life on Mars -- Food timeline -- Recipe index.
"History of food, fun facts about food, plus recipes, for children"--