Product Description Young historians and chefs get a real taste of the stories behind food we eat as we examine the amazing peculiarities of international cuisine past and present. Readers will learn about the often disgusting yet utterly fascinating foods that our ancestors ate such as maggot cake or rottenfish, as well as those that are still eaten around the world today - grasshopper stew anyone? Includes food myths, eating taboos and how archaeologists discover what Neolithic man ate. About the Author The 'Cross-Section' series on which Richard worked with illustrator Stephen Biesty sold more than two million copies. 'Pirate Diary' (Walker Books) awarded a silver in the Smarties prize last year, and its predecessor, 'Castle Diary' was shortlisted for the prestigious Kurt Maschler award, forthe TES award, and the History Today award. Richard has recently acted as consultant for Meridian TV on a series of six programmes about smuggling, appearing in several of them. He was also a consultant on the film 'Pirates of the Caribbean 2' starring Johnny Depp. He has written general-interestarticles on topics as diverse as management and witchcraft and contributed to books for a wide variety of publishers, including Cassells, Dorling Kindersley, Harper Collins, Haymarket, Octopus, Reader's Digest and others.