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Author	Wrangham, Richard W., 1948-
Title	Catching fire : how cooking made us human / Richard Wrangham.
Publication Info.	New York : Basic Books, c2009.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	394.1 W	IN LIBRARY

Description	v, 309 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-287) and index.
Contents	The cooking hypothesis -- Quest for raw-foodists -- The cook's body -- The energy theory of cooking -- When cooking began -- Brain foods -- How cooking frees men -- The married cook -- The cook's journey -- The well-informed cook.
Subject	Prehistoric peoples -- Food.
	Roasting (Cooking) -- History.
	Food habits -- History.
	Fire -- History.
	Hearths, Prehistoric.
Added Title	How cooking made us human
ISBN	9780465013623 (alk. paper)
	0465013627 (alk. paper)

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