The Oldest Cuisine in the World: Cooking in Mesopotamia

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The Oldest Cuisine in the World: Cooking in Mesopotamia By Jean Bottéro. Translated from French by Teresa Lavender Fagan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. Pp. 134. Cloth. $22.50, ISBN 0-2260-6735-1.

Humans have long theorized that their ancient ancestors made a difficult, yet defining, gastronomical transition. Thus, in Gen 2:3, Adam and Eve initially collected and consumed raw food with minimal effort. Then, after acquiring knowledge of good and evil, their diet changed to hread produced by harsh physical labor. Similarly, in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu's ...

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