Steel, Tanya Wenman,

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. .

OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23). "With 30 recipes."

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"--

Age 10+. Grades 7 to 8.

9781426331633 1426331630 9781426331626 1426331622


Food--History--Juvenile literature.
Food--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.
Cooking--Juvenile literature.
Food.
Cooking.
Cooking.
Food.


Electronic books- OSLIS.
History.
Juvenile works.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Electronic books.

TX353 / .S8137 2018eb

641.3009