The Delicious History of Food by Clive Gifford - ISBN: 9781445190600
Paperback
Uncover surprising tales behind your favorite foods and how they evolved.

The Delicious History of Food

  • Paperback

    48 pages

  • Release Date

    9 June 2026

Summary

Baked, dipped or fried, spicy, salty or sweet, delicious food is something everyone enjoys. Many tasty dishes are the result of thousands of years of development, scientific breakthroughs or moments of genius or sheer chance. This high-interest book takes you through the delicious and sometimes surprising history of what people eat.

Covers topics such as healthy eating, genetic modification, farming, celebrations and inventions.

The consultant is a food historian, writer, tv p…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781445190600
ISBN-10:1445190605
Author:Clive Gifford, Andressa Meissner
Publisher:Hachette Children's Group
Imprint:Franklin Watts Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:48
Release Date:9 June 2026
Weight:260g
Dimensions:292mm x 238mm x 14mm
Series:History of...
About The Author

Clive Gifford

Clive Gifford (Author)

Clive Gifford is the author of more than 150 children’s books including Eye Benders, winner of the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize, Royal Society-nominated Out of This World and Cool Technology which won the School Library Association Information Book Award. His book, The Colours of History, won the Blue Peter Book Awards’ Best Book With Facts. He has travelled through 70 countries, run a computer games company and taken part in all manner of sports from parachuting and gliding to Ultimate Frisbee.

Andressa Meissner (Illustrator)

Andressa Meissner is a Brazilian illustrator with a bold, colourful and attention-grabbing style, which also feels light and natural with hints of tropical flavour.

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