Showing Why we eat what we eat : how the encounter between the New World and the Old changed the way everyone on the planet eats by Raymond Sokolov

In this lively and informative history of the world as seen from the gourmet's table,Raymond Sokolov explains how all of us came to eat what we eat today. He sees Christopher Columbus as the most important figure in the history of food as his journeys set in motion the transoceanic migration of food.