Download or read book The Quest for Food written by Harald Brüssow and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-11 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the links between food and human cultural and physical evolution. Each chapter begins by summarizing the basic knowledge in the field, discusses recent research results, and confirms or challenges established concepts, inviting new insight and provoking new questions. This book catalyzes discussion between scientists working on one side in food science and on the other side in biological and biomedical research.