REVIEW
Salt offers a very in-depth history of a necessary element in the survival of the human race. It explores the effects of salt from the first discovery of mining to the recent innovations in salt use. The book is jam-packed with historical information, legends, recipes, and all things related to salt.
One thing that blew me away by this book was the amount of information contained in it. Every page was filled to the brim with new, unheard-of facts about this ingredient that I had always taken for granted. With a 12-page bibliography and a 17-page index, it is obvious that the author worked very hard in writing this book.
While I was impressed by the sheer magnitude of information presented in the book, I did not particularly enjoy it. Parts of it just went on and on, and I found myself losing interest frequently. The writing style was not noteworthy- it seemed at parts that the author went off in one direction and failed to bring the topic back to its main idea. Many of the ideas presented seemed off-topic and out of place.
In summary, I would only recommend this book to history fanatics or the passionate cook or foodie. For the mere mortal, this book is not particularly engaging or entertaining- just fact after fact after fact.
2 1/2 out of 5 stars from me.
OTHER REVIEWS
http://www.amazon.com/Salt-World-History-Mark-Kurlansky/dp/0142001619
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2715.Salt
http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm/book_number/960/salt
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jan/20/historybooks.features
http://www.rhcl.org/booksandmore/saltreview
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/salt-mark-kurlansky/1102487050?ean=9780142001615
http://www.markkurlansky.com/books/other_non-fiction.aspx
Salt offers a very in-depth history of a necessary element in the survival of the human race. It explores the effects of salt from the first discovery of mining to the recent innovations in salt use. The book is jam-packed with historical information, legends, recipes, and all things related to salt.
One thing that blew me away by this book was the amount of information contained in it. Every page was filled to the brim with new, unheard-of facts about this ingredient that I had always taken for granted. With a 12-page bibliography and a 17-page index, it is obvious that the author worked very hard in writing this book.
While I was impressed by the sheer magnitude of information presented in the book, I did not particularly enjoy it. Parts of it just went on and on, and I found myself losing interest frequently. The writing style was not noteworthy- it seemed at parts that the author went off in one direction and failed to bring the topic back to its main idea. Many of the ideas presented seemed off-topic and out of place.
In summary, I would only recommend this book to history fanatics or the passionate cook or foodie. For the mere mortal, this book is not particularly engaging or entertaining- just fact after fact after fact.
2 1/2 out of 5 stars from me.
OTHER REVIEWS
http://www.amazon.com/Salt-World-History-Mark-Kurlansky/dp/0142001619
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2715.Salt
http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm/book_number/960/salt
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jan/20/historybooks.features
http://www.rhcl.org/booksandmore/saltreview
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/salt-mark-kurlansky/1102487050?ean=9780142001615
http://www.markkurlansky.com/books/other_non-fiction.aspx
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