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Can you handle mornings without a brew? No? Multiply that. Imagine
an entire population under a cloud of lethargy, unable to kick
start their days. Now introduce coffee. Bingo. The brain moves into
over-drive and it's time for empire building. So goes Stewart Lee
Allen's crazy theory. Only thing is, after retracing coffee's
journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter
and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up. Stewart Lee
Allen has filtered out the richest beans from coffee's hot and
frothy history . . . serving up a steamy, high-energy brew that
will stimulate you more than a triple-strength espresso.
From the forbidden fruit of the Old Testament to the numerous laws
broken at Francois Mitterand's final meal, In the Devil's Garden is
a mouth-watering history of food taboos from around the world - a
smorgasbord of culinary titbits to spice up any after-dinner
conversation. In a history peppered with religious extremists who
would rather starve to death than violate ancient taboos - and in
an age when half the world's population - from cow-loving Hindus to
Kosher Jews and Western vegetarians - still live with harsh dietary
restrictions, Allen reveals just how significant, and pervasive,
our relationship with food is.
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