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We can imagine that humanity did not wait for Escoffier to codify cooking, but how many of us have really wondered about the origins of cooking? Let it be said, it will take 500,000 years for humanity to reach Top Chef.
This comic, full of historical references and not devoid of humor (this Gotlib-like humor that delights us), takes us back in time, just before Sapiens took the ascendancy over Neanderthal. Because the point of view of the authors is the following: the development of the kitchen and linked to the way in which it has gradually ensured its domination over the world around it. Food, cooking methods, utensils, economy and politics, everything has gone through the mill of this astonishing comic which attacks the history of humanity with a fork.
To offer or to treat oneself urgently to shine on New Year’s Eve, because it is well known, it is still at the table that we talk about cooking best.
Where ?
The Incredible History of Cuisine, from Prehistory to the present day, 500,000 years of adventure.
Stéphane Douay and Benoist Simmat, Edition les Arènes BD. 22 euros.
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to summarize
We had loved The Incredible History of Wine (and its sequel), here the journalist and author Benoist Simmat treats us – literally – with this very erudite and very entertaining Incredible History of the Kitchen, which starts, hold on tight , with the domestication of fire, around – 550,000 years ago. A very serious comic with a touch of Belgian humor, to taste or devour, depending on the appetite of the day.
