Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Title Page
• About the Author
• Other Titles of Interest
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Hunter-Gatherers and the First Farmers
• Chapter 2: The Good Things that Lay at Hand
• Chapter 3: The Quest for Perfect Balance
• Chapter 4: The Pleasures of Consumption
• Plate Section 1
• Chapter 5: Feasting and Fasting
• Chapter 6: New Worlds, New Tastes
• Chapter 7: The Birth of the Modern Consumer Age
• Plate Section 2
• Chapter 8: Chefs, Gourmets and Gourmands
• Chapter 9: Dining Out
• Chapter 10: Novelty and Tradition
• Further Reading
• Picture Credits
• List of Contributors
• Index
• Copyright