For People Who Devour Books

Book Reviews by subject:
Agriculture & Food and drink

August 2023 Issue

David Edgerton

Curse of Cane

The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years

By Ulbe Bosma

August 2023 Issue

Simon Heffer

A Bottle of Château Maldon, Please

Vines in a Cold Climate: The People Behind the English Wine Revolution

By Henry Jeffreys

June 2022 Issue

Dan Saladino

Let Them Eat Fermented Protein

Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet

By George Monbiot

September 2021 Issue

Colin Tudge

On the Erosion of Species

Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

By Dan Saladino

Charlie Pye-Smith

Farming Tomorrow

Feeding Britain: Our Food Problems and How to Fix Them

By Tim Lang

April 2020 Issue

Oliver Balch

The Great Bean Counter

Coffeeland: A History

By Augustine Sedgewick

March 2020 Issue

Henrietta L Moore

Feed the World

Hunger: The Oldest Problem

By Martín Caparrós (Translated from Spanish by Katherine Silver)

February 2018 Issue

Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Glory Be to Cod

Fishing: How the Sea Fed Civilization

By Brian Fagan

August 2017 Issue

Tom Fort

Farm & Fortune

Land of Plenty: A Journey Through the Fields & Foods of Modern Britain

By Charlie Pye-Smith

June 2005 Issue

Alice Pitman

Anarchy in the Aisles

Trolley Wars: The Battle of the Supermarkets

By Judi Bevan

The Farm: The Story of One Family and the English Countryside

By Richard Benson

June 2013 Issue

Raymond Sokolov

The Loaves of Others

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

By Michael Pollan