The Food Adventurers: How Around-the-World Travel Changed the Way We Eat

A delectable gastronomic expedition into the linked histories of global travel and global cuisine.

From mangosteen fruit discovered in a colonial Indonesian marketplace to caviar served on the high seas in a cruise liner’s luxurious dining saloon, The Food Adventurers narrates the history of eating on the most coveted of tourist journeys: the around—the—world adventure. The book looks at what tourists ate on these adventures, as well as what they avoided, and what kinds of meals they descr...