Game: A Global History

Description

In Game , Paula Young Lee illustrates the rise and fall of bear paws, lark pie, reindeer pate and other exotic dishes enjoyed and formerly enjoyed around the world. She describes how in the past animals such as quail, oryx and dormice were so avidly pursued that they were semi-domesticated in order to grace our dining tables. The book also provides insight into the laws, customs and difficulties of hunting game for food

Paula Young Lee is a Faculty Fellow at Tufts University and has published widely on food and animal history, including Meat, Modernity, and the Rise of the Slaughterhouse (editor, 2008). She lives in Maine and Massachusetts.

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