100 Million Years of Food: What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today PUB201310 The Mockingbird

The Mockingbird

host and executive producer of Top Chef and Taste the Nation

the United Nations Plaza Hotel

A people's history that reveals how Southerners shaped American culinary identity and how race relations impacted Southern food culture over six revolutionary decades

and moments to savor joy all year round

100 Million Years of Food: What Our Ancestors Ate and Why It Matters Today PUB201310 The MockingbirdAuthor: Stephen Le A fascinating tour through the evolution of the human diet, and how we can improve our health by understanding our complicated history with food. There are few areas of modern life that are burdened by as much information and advice, often contradictory, as our diet and health: eat a lot of meat, eat no meat; whole grains are healthy, whole grains are a disaster; eat everything in moderation; eat only certain foods and on and on. In