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The Hungry Empire : How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World Kiem Sian Ong he stays out of the'A wholly pleasing book, which offers a tasty side dish to anyone exploring the narrative history of the British Empire' Max Hastings, Sunday TimesWINNER OF THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS BOOK AWARD 2018The glamorous daughter of an African chief shares a pineapple with a slave trader Surveyors in British Columbia eat tinned Australian rabbit Diamond prospectors in Guyana prepare an iguana curryIn twenty meals The Hungry Empire tells the story of how the