![]() ![]() ![]() What was the staple of the medieval diet? Cod again, sold salted by the Basques, an enigmatic people with a mysterious, unlimited supply of cod. ![]() What did the Vikings eat in icy Greenland and on the five expeditions to America recorded in the Icelandic sagas? Cod, frozen and dried in the frosty air, then broken into pieces and eaten like hardtack. Cod, it turns out, is the reason Europeans set sail across the Atlantic, and it is the only reason they could. But in the last analysis, it’s a bitter ecological fable for our time.” – Los Angeles TimesĪn unexpected, energetic look at world history via the humble cod fish from the bestselling author of Salt and The Basque History of the WorldĬod is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history with this humble fish as its recurring main character. “A charming fish tale and a pretty gift for your favorite seafood cook or fishing monomaniac. ![]()
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