Eating to Extinction
- Author Dan Saladino
- Narrator Dan Saladino
- Publisher Random House
- Publish Date 23 September 2021
- Run Time 16 hours and 14 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Applied ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation of the environment, Cultural studies: food and society, Endangered species and extinction of species, Environmentalist thought and ideology, General and world history, Pollution and threats to the environment, Social impact of environmental issues, The Earth: natural history: general interest.
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A captivating and unexpected journey through the history of humankind's relationship with food, with an urgent message for our times.
We live in an age of mass extinction. The earth's biodiversity is decreasing at a faster rate than ever. Industrial agriculture and the standardization of taste are not only wiping out many edible plants, but also the food cultures, histories and livelihoods that go with them.
Inspired by a global project to collect and preserve foods that are at risk of extinction, Dan Saladino sets out to encounter these endangered foods. Each food tells a story - some of them moving and personal, some of them urgent and timely - and collectively they span the history of civilisation and touch on many of the biggest issues of our time, from climate change to global inequality.
From a humble pea found on an island on the south coast of America to a mysterious cheese found in the mountains of the Balkans, from the wild honey eaten for centuries by the nomadic tribes of Tanzania, to a rare citrus fruit in the mountain forests of India that is the genetic ancestor of all the world's oranges, each ingredient transports us to a different time and place. Spanning the globe in his search for the most endangered foods, Dan Saladino takes us on a thrilling tour of a disappearing world, and reveals the battles being fought for the future of the planet.
© Dan Saladino 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
We all need to pay more attention to what we are (and are no longer) eating… Dan Saladino inspires us to believe that turning the tide is still possible.
A rallying cry to us all to protect the world’s diversity before it’s too late. But this is also a book filled with optimism; it captures the energy of a global movement of people dedicating their lives to saving the plants, the animals, the flavours and the food knowledge we must preserve.
For anyone interested in Darwin, world power, and life itself, read on.
Dan Saladino’s brilliant book answers the questions we forgot to ask, and highlights the incredible diversity we stand to lose. A genuine masterpiece and a call to arms. Everyone who loves food and cooking should read this.
This inspiring and urgent book is one of the few food books that has ever given me goosebumps… A love letter to the huge diversity of foods enjoyed by human beings, but it is also a call to arms to preserve that diversity and strangeness against the onslaught of a globalised industrial food system… It is a story full of both loss and hope.
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