2017 reading challenge: A book about food
Jan. 8th, 2017 09:36 am
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I came to this book because several years ago a friend was reading it and I became intrigued by her description, but I never got around to actually reading it until now.
I went in expecting a rather dry, fact based information dump. I mean, how interesting could salt be? Instead, what I got was a in-depth look at how salt, its production and trade of it influenced not just human development but also human history and interaction.
Yes, there seemed to be a bit of creative license to tell a good story and keep the reader entranced, but I accept that for the overall telling in the book.
This is also the second book I have listened to with Scott Brick as the narrator and found that I enjoy his reading of non-fiction books.
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