Pub Date: October 20, 2026
Lexile Code: 0000
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 1.00" H x 1.00" L x 1.00" W ( 1.00 lbs) 496 pages
BISAC Categories:
Cooking | Specific Ingredients | General | Science | Natural History | History | Civilization | Essays and Narratives
Description:
A Mark Kurlansky fan favorite: The unlikely history of the world through a grain of salt-now with a new foreword by NYT bestselling author Simon Winchester.
Brief description:
Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of Salt, Milk!, Havana, Paper, The Big Oyster, 1968, and The Basque History of the World, among other titles. His most recent book, Cheesecake, was published by Bloomsbury in 2025. He has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Bon Appétit's Food Writer of the Year Award, the James Beard Award, and the Glenfiddich Award. He is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and frequently contributes to the New York Times and the London Guardian. A four-time Jeopardy! clue, he lives in New York City.
www.markkurlansky.com
Review Quotes:
"Kurlansky finds the world in a grain of salt." --New York Times Book Review
"Darned interesting ... At its best, this is a "wow!" book: roving, startling, engaging." --Washington Post "Kurlansky continues to prove himself remarkably adept at taking a most unlikely candidate and telling its tale with epic grandeur . . . an immensely entertaining read." --Los Angeles Times "This is terrific food writing; like fleur de sel, something scarce and to be savored." --San Francisco Chronicle