This was my first food history book, and I genuinely enjoyed it! It was also the first book I’ve read in full published by my workplace, The Experiment. Hi to my one coworker who’s friends with me here. 👋🏻

The short essays make this fly by. When I’d read it with my husband, I’d often tell him of interesting little anecdotes. If you like food, or history, or both—I think you’ll enjoy this. 

The modern portions did get a bit preachy, which was odd since the historical portions felt much more removed from the author’s personal opinion. Germany is also featured quite a bit since the author is German (but it glosses over WWII pretty smoothly…).

All in all, an enjoyable read and one I’d recommend!