

Meathooked
The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat
Author: Marta Zaraska
Narrator: Emily Durante
Unabridged: 8 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 05/17/2016
Categories: Cooking, Nonfiction
Synopsis
In Meathooked, science writer Marta Zaraska explores what she calls the "meat puzzle": our love of meat, despite its harmful effects. Zaraska takes us on a witty tour of meat cultures around the word, stopping in India's unusual steakhouses, animal sacrifices at temples in Benin, and labs in the Netherlands that grow meat in petri dishes. From the power of evolution to the influence of the meat lobby, and from our genetic makeup to the traditions of our foremothers, she reveals the interplay of forces that keep us hooked on animal protein.