The prehistoric world: In the beginning -- Food and cooking before 10,000 BC -- Changing the face of the earth -- The near East, Egypt and Europe 3000 BC-AD 1000: The first civilizations -- Classical Greece -- Imperial Rome -- The silent centuries -- Asia until the middle ages, and the Arab world: India -- Central Asia -- The Arab world -- Europe AD 1000-1492: Supplying the towns -- The late medieval table -- The expanding world 1492-1789: New worlds -- The Americas -- Food for the traveller -- A gastronomic grand tour -- The modern world 1789 until the present day: The industrial revolution -- The food-supply revolution -- The scientific revolution -- Confused new world -- Epilogue

1. Food -- History
2. Dinners and Dining