Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal

The history of food has always been linked to human history, and it played important roles in shaping human civilizations and societies, in addition to political, economic, and religious influences as well. Food is the secret force driving the movement of history, which enabled us to stabilize and brought us to where we are now. The author dives us into dinner plates to narrate to us the events of history in an exciting and different way, and assures his readers that a steak or a plate of pasta can carry a great deal of history. Dinner in Rome is a book about the tastes that changed us, the ingredients that tamed us, and the food that fed entire empires.