The Lost Supper

The Lost Supper: Searching For The Future of Food in the Flavours of the Past

By Taras Grescoe

Genre:-History of Food/Non Fiction

Pages:-312

Publisher:-Greystone Books

Blurb:-In the tradition of Michael Pollan, Anthony Bourdain, and Mark Bittman, "a surprising, flavorsome tour of ancient cuisines" (kirkus ☆)-from Neolithic bread to ancient Roman fish sauce-and why reviving the foods of the past is the key to saving the future.

 Many of us are worried (or at least we should be) about the impacts of globalization, pollution, and biotechnology on our diets. Whether it's monoculture crops, hormone-fed beef, or high-fructose corn syrup, industrially-produced foods have troubling consequences for us and the planet. But as culinary diversity diminishes, many people are looking to a surprising place to safeguard the future: into the past.

 The Lost Supper explores an idea that is quickly spreading among restaurateurs, food producers, scientists, and gastronomes around the world: that the key to healthy and sustainable eating lies not in looking forward, but in looking back to the foods that lave sustained us through our half-million-year existence as a species.

 Acclaimed author Taras Grescoe introduces readers to the surprising and forgotten flavors whose revival is captivating food-lovers around the world: ancient sourdough bread last baked by Egyptain pharaohs; raw-milk farmhouse cheese from critically endangered British dairy cattle; ham from Spanish pata negra pigs that have been foraging on acorns on a secluded island since before the United States was a nation; and olive ol from wild olive trees uniquely capable of resisting quickly evolving pests and modern pathogens.

 From Ancient Roman fish sauce to Aztec caviar to the long-thought-extinct sliphium, The Lost Supper is a deep dive into the latest frontier of global gastronomy-the archaeology of taste. Through vivid writing, history, and first-hand culinary experience, Grescoe sets out a provocative case: in order to save these foods, he argues, we've got to eat them.

Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.

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My Review:-In this book 'The Lost Supper' we look back at what is food, food that has sustained us through half-million-years. Taras Grescoe takes us with him on a journey to discover why we have lost so many of our foods. Traveling around the world seeking out food that once was part of our diet, and do they still exist. Taras has conversations with growers, archaeologists, chefs, farmers and anyone that harvest food. I found this book an interesting read, as well as learning about food and how it as lasted so long. The back of the book has a 'Selected Bibliography' and a place for notes. There are a lot of food that I would try, but I have to say I'll give anything fish, especially fish sauce a big miss. Is there food that you once had growing up, but now you don't hear or see it?