[Gastronomy] Root, Waverley.

Food. An Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a short closed slit to the front panel of the jacket. Root is one of the world's leading food authorities and in this comprehensive volume he shares two hundred delightful essays, as well as shorter entries, on the foods of the world, discussing the history of food, from ancient to modern times, and offering a host of food facts and trivia, accompanied by two hundred illustrations. Item #24396
ISBN: 0671225898

Price: $125.00