An Edible History of Humanity

by Tom Standage

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  A Note on the Author

  TOM STANDAGE is business editor at the Economist and the author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses (a New York Times bestseller), The Turk, The Neptune File, and The Victorian Internet, described by the Wall Street Journal as a “dot-com cult classic.” The Victorian Internet was made into a documentary film, How the Victorians Wired the World. He has written about science and technology for numerous magazines and newspapers, including Wired, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, and the New York Times. Standage holds a degree in engineering and computer science from Oxford University, and he is the least musical member of a musical family. He lives in London, En-gland, with his wife, daughter, and son.