Homer called salt a divine substance, while Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Kurlansky blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into this history of the substance which he claims shaped civilization from the beginning.
- ISBN10 0802713734
- ISBN13 9780802713735
- Publish Date 1 January 2002
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Walker Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 496
- Language English