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Cod, mark kurlansky s third work of nonfiction and winner of the 1999 james beard award, is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history with this humble fish as its recurring main character. The bestselling author of cod, salt, and the big oyster has enthralled readers with his incisive blend of culinary, cultural, and social history. The food of a younger land navy general library program. An unexpected, energetic look at world history on sea and land from the bestselling author of salt and the basque history of the world cod,mark kurlansky s third work of nonfiction and winner of the 1999 james beard award, is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history with this humble fish as its recurring main character. How did chicken achieve the culinary ubiquity it enjoys today. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind. Mark kurlansky is the new york times bestselling author of havana, cod, salt, paper, the basque history of the world, 1968, and the big oyster, among other.
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