Salt: A World History, by Mark Kurlansky

[melissajm]

I've just started reading this. I wouldn't have thought a book about salt could be so fascinating. It's like the History Channel mixed with Iron Chef and narrated by Alton Brown, and it's got all kinds of cool facts for writers.

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[jcdrainville.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a great book. I love it when things that seem boring and/or taken for granted, end up being fantastically interesting. :D

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

Finished it. I'm ALMOST tempted to buy "Cod," by the same author, but that doesn't have the same element of the familiar to me.