About the Book: The Last Sweet Bite: When War Changes the Menu
War changes every part of human culture: art, education, music, politics. Why
should food be any different? For nearly twenty years, Michael Shaikhs job was
investigating human rights abuses in conflict zones. Early on, he noticed how
war not only changed the lives of victims and their societies, it also
unexpectedly changed the way they ate, forcing people to alter their recipes or
even stop cooking altogether, threatening the very survival of ancient dishes. A
groundbreaking combination of travel writing, memoir, and cookbook, The Last
Sweet Bite uncovers how humanitys appetite for violence