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  1. 1Salt (2002)Salt (2002) 7.4/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2002Mark Kurlansky's sprawling maritime and overland odyssey tracks the only rock humans eat across thousands of years and multiple continents. From ancient Chinese brine wells and Sahara camel caravans to Celtic salt routes and Gandhi's momentous March to Dandi, the narrative shows how controlling…0
  2. 2COD; A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FISH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (1997)COD; A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FISH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (1997) 8.8/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 1997This gripping seafaring chronicle charts how a humble white fish fuelled North Atlantic exploration and sustained the brave Basque sailors who crossed ocean waters before Columbus. Kurlansky navigates turbulent waters from Icelandic fishing banks to Newfoundland's misty shores, charting the…0
  3. 3Nathaniel's Nutmeg 18 Copy Bin (1999)Nathaniel's Nutmeg 18 Copy Bin (1999) 6.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 1999Giles Milton spins an exhilarating seafaring saga detailing the vicious seventeenth-century battle between English adventurers and the Dutch East India Company over the remote, nutmeg-rich Banda Islands. Navigating uncharted coral reefs, brutal tropical storms, and cutthroat merchant rivalries, the…0
  4. 4Sweetness and power (1985)Sweetness and power (1985) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 1985Sidney Mintz conducts a sweeping anthropological and historical voyage charting how sugarcane crossed oceans from New Guinea and Mediterranean outposts to dominate the Caribbean basin. Tracing the brutal triangular trade routes that linked European industrial capitals, West African coasts, and…0
  5. 5Banana (2007)Banana (2007) 7.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2007Dan Koeppel embarks on an adventurous trek across Central America, Africa, and Southeast Asia to trace the dramatic global expansion and existential peril of the commercial banana. His investigations reveal a sinister history of corporate imperialism, military coups, and shadowy shipping networks…0
  6. 6Big Oyster New York in the World (2006)Big Oyster New York in the World (2006) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2006Kurlansky turns his investigative lens onto New York Harbour, tracing how the prolific bivalve shaped the culinary geography and maritime commerce of the New World. Sailing through colonial estuaries, bustling waterfront oyster cellars, and transatlantic export routes, the narrative captures the…0
  7. 7For all the tea in China (2010)For all the tea in China (2010)Published 1 Jan 2010Sarah Rose chronicles the daring Victorian botanical heist orchestrated by Scottish plant hunter Robert Fortune on behalf of the British East India Company. Disguised as a mandarin traveller, Fortune ventured deep into forbidden inland mountain provinces of Qing dynasty China to smuggle out prized…0
  8. 8Peppers (1992)Peppers (1992)Published 1 Jan 1992Journalist Amal Naj undertakes a rollicking cross-continental expedition across South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Indian subcontinent to unlock humanity's enduring fascination with chilli peppers. Following the maritime tracks of Christopher Columbus and Portuguese navigators who…0
  9. 9Vanilla (2004)Vanilla (2004) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2004Culinary historian Patricia Rain journeys from the sacred tropical rainforests of Mesoamerican Totonac culture to the sun-baked orchid plantations of Madagascar, Tahiti, and Réunion. She recounts the treacherous colonial trade routes and delicate hand-pollination discoveries made by an enslaved…0
  10. 10Olives (1996)Olives (1996)Published 1 Jan 1996Veteran foreign correspondent Mort Rosenblum takes readers on an evocative odyssey around the sun-drenched rim of the Mediterranean in pursuit of the ancient fruit that civilised antiquity. Wandering through stony hillside terraces in Provence, disputed groves in the West Bank, and bustling…0