Penguin Atlas of Food or Wines of the Northern Rhone

Penguin Atlas of Food: Who Eats What Where and Why

Author: Eric Millston

From the excessive use of grain to satisfy meat-eating demands to the safety of new food technologies, The Penguin Atlas of Food utilizes ninety-six pages of maps and graphics to show how the food chain is affected by historical events, political economy, natural disasters, and changing lifestyles.

Table of Contents:

	Contributors	6
	Introduction	7
Pt. 1	Contemporary Challenges
1	Feeding the World	12
2	Population and Productivity	14
3	Environmental Challenges	16
4	Water Pressure	18
5	Consuming Disease	20
6	Under-nutrition	22
7	Over-nutrition	24
8	Food Aid	26
9	Food Aid as Power	28
Pt. 2	Farming
10	Mechanization	32
11	Animal Feed	34
12	Mad Cow Disease	36
13	Industrial Farming	38
14	Agricultural R&D	40
15	Genetic Modification	42
16	Genetically Modified Crops	44
17	Pesticides	46
18	Working the Land	48
19	Urban Farming	50
20	Fishing and Aquaculture	52
21	Agricultural Biodiversity	54
22	Sustainable Farming	56
Pt. 3	Trade
23	Trade Flows	60
24	Animal Transport Worldwide	62
25	Animal Transport in Europe	64
26	Food Miles	66
27	Subsidies and Tariffs	68
28	Trade Disputes	70
29	Developing Trade	72
30	Fair Trade	74
Pt. 4	Processing Retailing and Consumption
31	Staple Foods	78
32	Changing Diets	80
33	Processing Giants	82
34	Retail Power	84
35	Functional Foods	86
36	Organic Food	88
37	Food Additives	90
38	Eating Out	92
39	Fast Food	94
40	Alcohol Consumption	96
41	Advertising	98
42	Citizens Bite Back	100
Pt. 5	World Tables
	Agriculture	104
	Consumption	112
	References	120
	Photo credits	125
	Index	126

Book review: El Arte de Interpretación de Voz:el Arte y Negocio de Realización para Voz en off

Wines of the Northern Rhone

Author: Jonathan Livingstone Learmonth

For anyone who wants to understand the full story that lies within a glass of wine, this book opens up the inner secrets of the geology, the vineyards, the wines, and the growers of the northern Rhône Valley in France. Home to the spicy Syrah, or Shiraz, and the floral Viognier grapes, the northern Rhône Valley is one of France's oldest wine-growing regions; its appellations include Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie, Condrieu, Crozes-Hermitage, St-Joseph, and Château-Grillet. With evocative descriptions and marvelous insights, this accessible, elegant book, the culmination of more than thirty years following the Rhône, is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the various estates, winemakers, and their wines.
Taking a deeper look at the northern Rhône than Livingstone-Learmonth's highly regarded previous volumes on the Rhône Valley, this revised and up-to-date edition covers more producers and includes more in-depth information on the various terroirs, the histories of the wines, and the methods for making the wines. Livingstone-Learmonth concentrates on letting the producers explain their outlook and methods and includes much local color.

The Wines of the Northern Rhône includes
* Assessments of thousands of wines, with guide dates onwhen to drink and how long to age them
* Winemakers' views on what foods best accompany their wines
* New vineyard maps for each appellation
* Detailed descriptions by growers discussing the effect of different soils on their wines
* Precise information on how each domaine makes its wines
* New research on the historical links between Hermitage and Bordeaux