A review of The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past [Book review]
- In The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past, Taras Grescoe explores how forgotten and nearly extinct foods may hold the key to a more sustainable future. Through a series of immersive essays, he travels across different regions—from Mexico and Italy to Canada and beyond—investigating the cultural and ecological significance of lost flavours. While Grescoe offers a hopeful perspective on food diversity, the book lacks a unifying narrative, leaving the reader yearning for a broader global scope. Despite this, The Lost Supper serves as an engaging and sensory-rich introduction to the intersections of history, ecology, and gastronomy.
| Author: | Penelope VoliniaORCiDGND |
|---|---|
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-1219956 |
| Frontdoor URL | https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/121995 |
| URL: | https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/729 |
| ISSN: | 2292-3071OPAC |
| Parent Title (Multiple languages): | Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation |
| Publisher: | Canadian Association for Food Studies |
| Place of publication: | Thunder Bay |
| Type: | Review |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2025 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universität Augsburg |
| Release Date: | 2025/05/14 |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| First Page: | 173 |
| Last Page: | 175 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i1.729 |
| Institutes: | Philologisch-Historische Fakultät |
| Philologisch-Historische Fakultät / Geschichte | |
| Philologisch-Historische Fakultät / Geschichte / DFG-Heisenberg Professur für Globale Umweltgeschichte und Environmental Humanities | |
| Licence (German): |  CC-BY-SA 4.0: Creative Commons: Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen |
