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Romanorum,
123
    Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 18
    Giraldus Cambrensis, 33
    gold trade, 150-51
    González, Pedro, 40
    Goody, Jack, 129
    Gouffré, Jules, 214
    Graham, Sylvester, 43-44
    grande bouffe, La,
204
    grasses, 79, 85, 88-94, 173
    alcoholic drinks from, 95-96
    inedible, 88, 170
    selective breeding of, 87
see also specific grasses
    gravlax, 4, 7
    Great Plains, 169-74
    Greeks, ancient, 26, 34, 119, 121, 123, 165, 175
    cuisine of, 89, 135-36
    proscribed foods of, 135
    spice trade of, 154-55
    trade of, 148-49
    Gregory, Bishop of Langres, 126
    Grimod de La Reynière, 213
    Guadeloupe, 21-22
    Guido of Spoleto, 102
    Haber, Fritz, 193
    haggis, 16
    Hale, Sarah, 107
    Harlan, Jack R., 79, 82-83
    Harris, Marvin, 71
    Harrop, George, 49
    Hartmann von Aue, 118
    Hatshepsut, Queen, 153-54
    Hauser, Gayelord, 49
    haute cuisine, see elite food styles
    Hawaiians, 98, 167
    Hay, William, 49
    â€œhealth” diets, 27, 29, 34, 40-52, 72, 204, 218-19
    breakfast cereals in, 44, 45
    coarse vs. refined flour in, 51-52
    fad, 48-49, 223
    high-protein, 46-48, 51, 54
    low-fat, 54
    low-protein, 43, 44, 45-46, 201
    nutritionists and, 44-52
    proscribed foods in, 41-43, 45, 47
    as pseudo-scientific, 40-41, 45-46, 54
    vegetarian, 41-44, 47
    vitamins in, 48, 50, 51
    whole wheat flour in, 43-44
    in World War II, 50-52
    Heinz, Henry J., 217, 221
    Heliogabulus, Emperor of Rome, 113-14, 117, 191
    Henri IV, King of France, 122
    Henry II, King of England, 122, 157
    herding, 16, 55-75, 76-79, 87, 91
    advantages of, 69
    animal domestication and, 56, 58, 59, 61, 70
    bacteria and, 71-72
    cattle, by cowboys, 68, 193-94
    dairying enabled by, 70-72
    disease reservoirs created by, 68, 75
    enhanced cuisine provided by, 69-72
    nomadic, by Mongols, 76-78
    origins of, 58-66
    reindeer management as, 66-68
    of scarce prey species, 73-74
    selective breeding in, 56, 57, 58, 60, 69, 70, 77, 206
    snail farming as, 55-58
    trained dogs in, 66, 67, 68
    Hermippus, 148
    Herodotus, 22, 135
    Hershey, Milton Snavely, 198-99
    Hill, James, 194
    Hines, Daniel, 108
    Hines, Duncan, 134
    Hirst, Damien, 35
    Homer, Winslow, 14
    hominy grits, 144
    Hopkins, Frederick Gowland, 50
    â€œHorseback Dinner,” 114-15
    Hudgins, Sharon, 17
    Huichol, 30
    Humbert of Romans, 126
    humors, theory of, 34, 37, 39, 53
    hunting, 57, 58, 71-75, 91, 110, 170
    aristocratic, 65-66, 72-73, 81
    costliness of, 62-63
    as enjoyable pursuit, 61-62, 83
    fishing as form of, 57, 61, 72-75
    seasonal, 65
see also
gathering
    hunting cultures, 4, 59-68, 79, 87, 176
    agriculture avoided by, 79, 82-83
    animal assistants of, 62-63, 66
    classic meal of, 66
    competition among, 63, 64, 73
    dairy products rejected by, 70
    dependence on prey animal in, 66, 68
    easier lifestyle of, 82, 83
    extinctions caused by, 63, 64, 73, 75, 85
    game management of, 59, 62, 65-68
    nutritional profiles of, 62
    overkill by, 63-64, 69, 73
    scavenging in, 61
    techniques of, 59-60, 62, 63-65, 66, 70
    Huntley, Joseph, 196-97
    Huxham, John, 39
    Ibn Battuta, 150-51
    imperialism, 140-48, 149-50, 166-67, 181
    colonialism and, 140, 141-44, 146-47, 171-74, 201
    countercolonialism and, 140, 144-46
    famine and, 205-6
    frontier cuisines and, 140, 141-43
    high cuisines and, 140-41
    Incas, 60, 129, 149
    India, 92, 93, 123, 150, 155, 158, 179, 180
    cuisine of, 15, 112, 126, 137, 139-40, 144, 167, 168, 175
    famines in, 205, 206
    humoral dietary theory in, 34
    royal banquets in, 104
    industrialization, 84, 124, 180, 183, 187-224
    of agriculture, 191-93, 206-10
    cheap food as goal of, 202, 204, 223
    city growth and, 190, 194
    distribution in, 193-96
    environment of, 187-90
    famines and, 204-6
    giant food firms in, 189, 217, 222-23
    mealtimes changed by, 190, 219-20, 221, 222
    nutrition revolution and, 202-4
    population growth and, 189, 202, 210
    production and supply in, 189-202, 222
    reversing excesses of, 222-24
    wartime logistics in, 190
see also
processed foods
    Iran, 34, 139-40
    Ireland, 14, 26, 165, 167, 168, 179, 180, 204-5
    Iroquois, 177
    irradiation, 214,

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