The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
(OverDrive Listen)

Matt Siegel. (2021). The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat. Unabridged HarperCollins.

Matt Siegel. 2021. The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat. HarperCollins.

Matt Siegel, The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat. HarperCollins, 2021.

Matt Siegel. The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat. Unabridged HarperCollins, 2021.

OverDrive Product Record

images

• cover:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{DF356960-8E9E-4382-BDB4-4DF5D59D1CC8}Img100.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• thumbnail:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0293-1/{DF356960-8E9E-4382-BDB4-4DF5D59D1CC8}Img200.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover150Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0293-1/DF3/569/60/{DF356960-8E9E-4382-BDB4-4DF5D59D1CC8}Img150.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover300Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0293-1/DF3/569/60/{DF356960-8E9E-4382-BDB4-4DF5D59D1CC8}Img400.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg

formats

1. • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9780062973238
   • name: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
   • id: audiobook-mp3
2. • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9780062973238
   • name: OverDrive Listen
   • id: audiobook-overdrive

mediaType

Audiobook

primaryCreator

• role: Author
• name: Matt Siegel

title

The Secret History of Food

dateAdded

2021-09-14T14:49:00Z

contentDetails

1. • href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=426&titleID=6286789
   • type: text/html
   • account:
     • name: Wake County Public Libraries (NC)
     • id: 1893

sortTitle

Secret History of Food Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat

crossRefId

6286789

subtitle

Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat

id

DF356960-8E9E-4382-BDB4-4DF5D59D1CC8

starRating

3.7

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain

False

formats

1. • duration: 05:30:23
   • fileName: SecretHistoryofFoodStrangebutTrueStoriesAboutt-176
   • partCount: 0
   • fileSize: 158591475
   • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9780062973238
   • name: OverDrive Listen
   • isReadAlong: False
   • bundledTitles:
     1. • format: ebook-overdrive
        • id: 6844AD9B-8146-4C6B-9A89-7813DA6B1E77
   • id: audiobook-overdrive
   • onSaleDate: 8/31/2021
   • samples:
     1. • source: From the book
        • formatType: audiobook-overdrive
        • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=df356960-8e9e-4382-bdb4-4df5d59d1cc8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com

creators

1. • role: Author
   • fileAs: Siegel, Matt
   • bioText:

     Matt Siegel has written about food and culture for publications including the Atlantic and the Paris Review. Previously an English professor, he now lives in Richmond, Virginia, where he writes full time and consults with brands in the food and beverage industries. His dog's name is Waffles.

   • name: Matt Siegel
2. • role: Narrator
   • fileAs: Wayne, Roger
   • name: Roger Wayne

imprint

Ecco

publishDate

2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

edition

Unabridged

isOwnedByCollections

True

title

The Secret History of Food

fullDescription

An irreverent, surprising, and entirely entertaining look at the little-known history surrounding the foods we know and love

Is Italian olive oil really Italian, or are we dipping our bread in lamp oil? Why are we masochistically drawn to foods that can hurt us, like hot peppers? Far from being a classic American dish, is apple pie actually . . . English?

"As a species, we're hardwired to obsess over food," Matt Siegel explains as he sets out "to uncover the hidden side of everything we put in our mouths." Siegel also probes subjects ranging from the myths—and realities—of food as aphrodisiac, to how one of the rarest and most exotic spices in all the world (vanilla) became a synonym for uninspired sexual proclivities, to the role of food in fairy- and morality tales. He even makes a well-argued case for how ice cream helped defeat the Nazis.

The Secret History of Food is a rich and satisfying exploration of the historical, cultural, scientific, sexual, and, yes, culinary subcultures of this most essential realm. Siegel is an armchair Anthony Bourdain, armed not with a chef's knife but with knowledge derived from medieval food-related manuscripts, ancient Chinese scrolls, and obscure culinary journals. Funny and fascinating, The Secret History of Food is essential reading for all foodies.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

popularity

1264

links

• self:
  • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/L1BLQAAAA2a/products/df356960-8e9e-4382-bdb4-4df5d59d1cc8/metadata
  • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
• shareInLibby:
  • href: https://link.overdrive.com/share?q=xe1fAAWUhr4
  • type: text/HTML

id

df356960-8e9e-4382-bdb4-4df5d59d1cc8

images

• cover:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{DF356960-8E9E-4382-BDB4-4DF5D59D1CC8}Img100.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• thumbnail:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0293-1/{DF356960-8E9E-4382-BDB4-4DF5D59D1CC8}Img200.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover150Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0293-1/DF3/569/60/{DF356960-8E9E-4382-BDB4-4DF5D59D1CC8}Img150.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover300Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0293-1/DF3/569/60/{DF356960-8E9E-4382-BDB4-4DF5D59D1CC8}Img400.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg

isPublicPerformanceAllowed

False

languages

1. • code: en
   • name: English

subjects

1. • value: Cooking & Food
2. • value: Essays
3. • value: History
4. • value: Nonfiction

publishDateText

08/31/2021

otherFormatIdentifiers

1. • type: ISBN
   • value: 9780062973207

mediaType

Audiobook

shortDescription

An irreverent, surprising, and entirely entertaining look at the little-known history surrounding the foods we know and love

Is Italian olive oil really Italian, or are we dipping our bread in lamp oil? Why are we masochistically drawn to foods that can hurt us, like hot peppers? Far from being a classic American dish, is apple pie actually . . . English?

"As a species, we're hardwired to obsess over food," Matt Siegel explains as he sets out "to uncover the hidden side of everything we put in our mouths." Siegel also probes subjects ranging from the myths—and realities—of food as aphrodisiac, to how one of the rarest and most exotic spices in all the world (vanilla) became a synonym for uninspired sexual proclivities, to the role of food in fairy- and morality tales. He even makes a well-argued case for how ice cream helped defeat the Nazis.

The Secret History of Food is a rich and satisfying exploration of the historical,...

sortTitle

Secret History of Food Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat

crossRefId

6286789

classifications

subtitle

Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat

publisher

HarperCollins

bisacCodes

1. • code: CKB030000
   • description: Cooking / Essays & Narratives
2. • code: CKB041000
   • description: Cooking / History
3. • code: SOC055000
   • description: Social Science / Agriculture & Food