Introduction┃The Oldest Story in the World

Chapter 1: The Gradually Emerging Prehistoric Cuisine
Chapter 2┃The Table of the Great Early Civilizations
Chapter 3: A Passion for Cooking: From Greece to Rome to France
Chapter 4: A Journey Through Oriental Cuisine
Chapter 5┃European Court Cuisine
Chapter 6┃A New World
Chapter 7: Bourgeois Revolution 1: Gastronomy
Chapter 8┃Bourgeois Revolution 2: The Cooking of Capital
Chapter 9: The Era of Light Cooking

Collection of recommended recipes
References

Thousands of years of culinary evolution
Interestingly reimagined comic storytelling!

The history of cooking is one of the oldest stories in the world.
In every civilization, our ancestors have been imaginative in selecting, preparing, and storing food ingredients.
These activities enabled humans to go beyond survival and thrive.
Cooking shows how humans have taken over the Earth.
It is no exaggeration to say that cooking and humans evolved simultaneously.
Author Benoit Sima has already demonstrated his excellent storytelling skills through previous works such as 『Learning the History of Wine through Comics』 and 『Learning the History of Immortality through Comics』.
In this work, "Learning the History of Cooking through Comics," he compresses a vast amount of global history into each appropriate plate.
The major stages of the evolution of cuisine according to human tastes are depicted in chronological order.
Cleverly designed storytelling, knowledge and humor, and the involvement of a graphic novel expert writer have resulted in the highest level of perfection.

A culinary culture that has been blended, improved and passed down,
Showing the identity of humans as 'social animals'

The book begins with prehistoric diets and devotes significant portions to the cuisines of the earliest civilizations, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China.
Greek and Roman cuisines were largely absorbed into the ancient Mediterranean food culture, leaving behind rich archaeological traces.
Recipes and cooking ingredients, such as spices, fruits, and tableware, were transmitted across the sea, mixed, and improved.
European explorers returned home from the Americas with spices, peppers, and potatoes.
Portuguese missionaries introduced frying techniques to distant Japan.
Legendary chefs like Antonin Carême and Brillat-Savarin have further evolved cooking.
From the rise of capitalist cuisine with the rise of the 19th-century food industry to today's vegan cuisine, the evolution of cuisine has never stopped.

At the table, we share not only what we eat, but also what we know.
Cooking is a clear sign that humans are social animals that live together.
_From the 〈Preface〉