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Davidson, Alan.
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Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe.
Near A
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Freedman, Paul.
Food: The History of Taste.
Berkeley: California, 2007. -
Heiser, C.B. Seed to Civilization: The Story of Food. Cambridge: Harvard, 1990.
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Hobhouse, Henry.
Seeds of
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Kiple, Kennet F. and Ornelas,
Kriemhild Conee, eds.
Cambridge World History of Food,
2 vols. New York:
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Mintz, Sidney.
Tasting Food,
Tasting Freedom: Excursions Into Eating, Culture, and the Past.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1997. -
Lacey, Richard W.
Hard to Swallow: A Brief History of Food.
New York: Cambridge, 1994. -
Davidson, Alan, et al., eds.
Oxford Companion to Food.
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Pilcher, Jeffrey M.
Food in World History.
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Root, Waverly. Food: An Authoritative Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World. New York: Simon Schuster, 1986.
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Standage, Tom.
History of the World in 6 Glasses.
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Tannahill, Reay.
Food in
History.
New York: Three Rivers Press, 1995. -
Telfer, Elizabeth.
Food For
Thought: Philosophy and Food.
New York: Routledge, 1996. -
Toussaint-Samat, Maquelonne.
History of Food.
New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. -
Visser, Margaret.
Much
Depends on Dinner.
Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2008. -
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Rituals of Dinner.
Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2008.
Bananas
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Jenkins, Virginia Scott.
Bananas: An American History. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian, 2004. -
Koeppel, Dan.
Banana.
Hudson Street Press: 2008.
Beans
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Albala, Ken.
Beans: A History.
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Bread
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Dupaigne, Bernard.
History
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Chocolate
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Coe, Sophie D. and Michael D.
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Citrus
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Laszlo, Pierre.
Citrus: A History.
Chicago: Chicago, 2008.
Cod
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Kurlansky, Mark.
Cod: A
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Coffee
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Allen, Stewart Lee.
Devil's Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee.
New York: Ballantine, 2003. -
Pendergrast, Mark.
Uncommon
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Wild, Anthony.
Black Gold: The Dark History of Coffee.
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Narcotics
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Booth, Martin.
Opium: A
History. New York:
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Courtwright, David.
Forces
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Davenport, Richard.
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Hodgson, Barbara.
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Oysters
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Kurlansky, Mark.
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Potato
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Reader, John.
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Salaman, Redcliffe.
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Salt
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Kurlansky, Mark.
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Laszlo, Pierre.
Salt: Grain
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Spices
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Freedman, Paul.
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Krondl, Michael.
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Schivelbusch, Wolfgang.
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Sugar
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Abbott, Elizabeth.
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Mintz, Sidney W.
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Tea
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Moxham, Roy.
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Wine
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Johnson, Hugh. Vintage: The Story of Wine. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.
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McGovern, Patrick E. and Robert
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