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mishab 's review for:
Food: A Cultural Culinary History
by Ken Albala
I started ths on video, but moved to audio because I could check out the whole series at once. It is very familiar in content to me, because I have read a number of books on this subject before. But in ni way is that a bad thing! I have thoroughly enjoyed the series, learned a few new things,and recommend it to anyone with interest.
Some reviews have complained that it is not a series about food, nor history. This isn't false nor true. It is a broad overview of humans over several thousand years THROUGH history and it is also an overview of the history of food culture. Treat it as a short college-level course (where there should be additional readings) from a department offering 200 level courses of interest acoss disciplines. But I would totally make my tween-teen kids watch this if you can get the whole series on video. Mine have watched some episodes and you can always flesh out anything with more reading or discussion.
Some reviews have complained that it is not a series about food, nor history. This isn't false nor true. It is a broad overview of humans over several thousand years THROUGH history and it is also an overview of the history of food culture. Treat it as a short college-level course (where there should be additional readings) from a department offering 200 level courses of interest acoss disciplines. But I would totally make my tween-teen kids watch this if you can get the whole series on video. Mine have watched some episodes and you can always flesh out anything with more reading or discussion.