Map xii
Introduction 1
Food: A Very Brief History 13
Part 1 Wild 19
1 Hadza Honey (Lake Eyasi, Tanzania) 23
2 Murnong (Southern Australia) 31
3 Bear Root (Colorado, USA) 38
4 Memang Narang (Garo Hills, India) 47
Mapping the wild 52
Part 2 Cereal 57
5 Kavilca Wheat (Büyük Çatma, Anatolia) 61
6 Bere Barley (Orkney Scotland) 75
7 Red Mouth Glutinous Rice (Sichuan, China) 80
8 Olotón Maize (Oaxaca, Mexico) 89
Saving diversity 101
Part 3 Vegetable 103
9 Geechee Red Pea (Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA) 108
10 Alb Lentil (Swabia, Germany) 115
11 Oca (Andes, Bolivia) 121
12 O-Higu Soybean (Okinawa, Japan) 131
Seed power 138
Part 4 Meat 141
13 Skerpikjøt (Faroe Islands) 146
14 Black Ogye Chicken (Yeonsan, South Korea) 154
15 Middle White Pig (Wye Valley, England) 163
16 Bison (Great Plains, USA) 172
Spillover 182
Part 5 From the Sea 185
17 Wild Atlantic Salmon (Ireland and Scotland) 190
18 Imraguen Butarikh (Banc D''Arguin, Mauritania) 203
19 Shio-Katsuo (Nishiizu, Southern Japan) 208
20 Flat Oyster (Limfjorden, Denmark) 213
Sanctuary 221
Part 6 Fruit 225
21 Sievers Apple (Tian Shan, Kazakhstan) 230
22 Kayinja Banana (Uganda) 238
23 Vanilla Orange (Ribera, Sicily) 246
The Lorax 254
Part 7 Cheese 257
24 Salers (Auvergne, Central France) 264
25 Stichelton (Nottinghamshire, England) 268
26 Mishavinë (Accursed Mountains, Albania) 274
Snow room 281
Part 8 Alcohol 285
27 Qvevri Wine (Georgia) 290
28 Lambic Beer (Pajottenland, Belgium) 303
29 Perry (Three Counties, England) 312
May Hill 318
Part 9 Stimulants 321
30 Ancient Forest Pu-Erh Tea (Xishuangbanna, China) 325
31 Wild Forest Coffee (Harenna, Ethiopia) 333
Stenophylla 343
Part 10 Sweet 345
32 Halawet el Jibn (Horns, Syria) 348
33 Qizha Cake (Nablus, West Bank) 353
34 Criollo Cacao (Cumanacoa, Venezuela) 358
Cold War and Coca-Colonisation 367
Epilogue: Think Like a Hadza 371
Further Reading 378
Notes 383
Acknowledgements 428
Index 432
