The reciprocal relationship between food and history seems obvious now, but when Reay Tannahill published a book on the subject in 1973, she found she was first in the field.

• 现在看来，食物和历史相互影响的关系已很明显。但当雷.；坦拿希尔在1973年出版了一部关于食物的著作时，她发现此前还从未有人写过类似的书。