Have you ever wanted to know EVERYTHING about something? If so, microhistories are the subgenre for you! What is microhistory, you ask? Microhistory is a genre of history that focuses on small units of research, such as an event, individual, or thing. Since the holiday season is fast approaching, we compiled a list of twenty microhistories in our collection that are specifically related to food and drink.
| BIG OYSTER: NEW YORK ON THE HALF SHELL by Mark Kurlansky (DB 61328) |
| BOURBON EMPIRE: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF AMERICA’S WHISKEY by Reid Mittenbuler (DB 82834) |
| BREWMASTER’S ART by Charles W. Bamforth (DB 87781) |
| BUTTER: A RICH HISTORY by Elaine Khosrova (DB 87889, BR 21924) |
| CHOCOLATE: A BITTERSWEET SAGA OF DARK AND LIGHT by Mort Rosenblum (DB 60895) |
| COD: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FISH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD by Mark Kurlansky (DB 45502) |
| CONSIDER THE FORK: A HISTORY OF HOW WE COOK AND EAT by Bee Wilson (DB 80612) |
| CURRY: A TALE OF COOKS AND CONQUERORS by E. M. Collingham (DB 63425) |
| DRINKING WATER: A HISTORY by James Salzman (DB 83305) |
| FOR GOD, COUNTRY, AND COCA-COLA: THE UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SOFT DRINK AND THE COMPANY THAT MAKES IT by Mark Pendergrast (DB 37911) |
| FOUR FISH: THE FUTURE OF THE LAST WILD FOOD by Paul Greenberg (DB 71558) |
| HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX GLASSES by Tom Standage (DB 61242) |
| MILK!: A 10,000-YEAR FOOD FRACAS by Mark Kurlansky (DB 92381) |
| PICKLED, POTTED, AND CANNED: HOW THE ART AND SCIENCE OF FOOD PRESERVING CHANGED THE WORLD by Sue Shephard (DB 55479) |
| RAW DOG: THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT HOT DOGS by Jamie Loftus (DB 115180) |
| ROBBING THE BEES: A BIOGRAPHY OF HONEY–THE SWEET LIQUID GOLD THAT SEDUCED THE WORLD by Holley Bishop (DB 62617) |
| SALT: A WORLD HISTORY by Mark Kurlansky (DB 55857) |
| SECRET HISTORY OF FOOD: STRANGE BUT TRUE STORIES ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF EVERYTHING WE EAT by Matt Siegel (DB 107700) |
| SPICE: THE HISTORY OF A TEMPTATION by Jack Turner (BR 15934) |
| TEN TOMATOES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: A HISTORY by William Alexander (DB 114458) |