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★《紐約時報》書評編輯精選，《柯克斯評論》、《書單》星級書評★Amazon編輯精選最佳非小說類選書★Amazon 4.6星、權威書評網站Goodreads 4.29高分好評榮獲詹姆斯‧比爾德獎、英國食品作家協會獎、弗南梅森餐飲獎、珍‧葛里森信託獎的BBC資深飲食記者丹‧薩拉迪諾 傾力巨作不論是在台北、倫敦、洛杉磯或里約熱內盧，我們都能吃到壽司、咖哩、披薩和麥當勞，看似方便多元，其實顯示人類正面臨史無前例的飲食同質化危機。人類曾經食用約六千種植物，如今只剩下九種被當作主食，世界各地的作物與牲畜品種大同小異。我們發現了更多驚人的事實： 全球過半數乳酪是用同一家公司生產的細菌和酵素製造 無論是美國還是中國，大部分豬肉都產自單一基因品種 即使有多達一千五百種不同的香蕉，香芽蕉卻壟斷全球香蕉市場屢獲殊榮的BBC資深飲食記者丹‧薩拉迪諾在本書中指出，在過去一個世紀裡，人類的食物種類正急劇下降，成千上萬種食材正步向絕跡。單一化作物缺乏抵抗力與適應力，一旦面臨極端氣候變化或病蟲害蔓延，將嚴重威脅糧食安全。請跟隨丹的腳步，環遊全球，深入產地，認識三十四種食物的起源與歷史，見識當地居民耕種、採集、狩獵、烹飪這些食材的迷人故事，以及人們是如何蒐集、保存、復育稀有品種，致力於守護物種多樣性。本書描繪了打造永續糧食系統的藍圖，邀請你改變對食物的想法和行動，從選擇三餐開始，拯救自己所在地區的瀕危食物，走向味覺、文化與生態都依然豐富繁盛的未來。▌各界推薦──余宛如｜《明日的餐桌》作者徐仲｜食材文化研究家番紅花｜飲食生活作家童儀展｜食力foodNEXT創辦人暨總編輯楊語芸｜上下游新聞總編輯（依姓名筆劃排列）▌全球盛讚──「《消失的餐盤》講述了數十種瀕臨滅絕的食物的故事，並為拯救它們提出了合理的理由，其中念舊和感傷只占了很小的部分。薩拉迪諾就像十八歲的背包客一樣滿懷熱情志願，他願意走訪偏遠地區，那裡可不是美食作家平常會去的地方。這是一本深刻的人文書籍，薩拉迪諾對地方與事物的觀察與描述如同攝影般精細。」――皮特‧威爾斯（Pete Wells），《紐約時報》書評「引人入勝……對傳統食物的愉快探索，同時也傳達了嚴峻的警告：我們種植的時間已所剩不多。」――《柯克斯評論》星級評論「我們所有人正以不同程度經歷氣候變遷的漩渦，薩拉迪諾帶來了更多壞消息，同時播下了一些好消息……一個令人深感悲傷、過於熟悉的故事

Dan Saladino's Eating to Extinction is the prominent broadcaster's pathbreaking tour of the world's vanishing foods and his argument for why they matter now more than ever Over the past several decades, globalization has homogenized what we eat, and done so ruthlessly. The numbers are stark: Of the roughly six thousand different plants once consumed by human beings, only nine remain major staples today. Just three of these--rice, wheat, and corn--now provide fifty percent of all our calories. Dig deeper and the trends are more worrisome still: The source of much of the world's food--seeds--is mostly in the control of just four corporations. Ninety-five percent of milk consumed in the United States comes from a single breed of cow. Half of all the world's cheese is made with bacteria or enzymes made by one company. And one in four beers drunk around the world is the product of one brewer. If it strikes you that everything is starting to taste the same wherever you are in the world, you'

Introduces young readers to triceratops, examining their physical characteristics, eating habits, and extinction.

Introduces young readers to the tyrannosaurus rex, examining its physical characteristics, eating habits, and extinction.

Introduces young readers to sabertooth cats, examining their physical characteristics, eating habits, and extinction.

Introduces young readers to stegosaurus, examining their physical characteristics, eating habits, and extinction.