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Lezzetli Dünya Tarihi
Yemek, hayatta kalmak için gerekli olmanın ötesinde, kadim tarihin ve kültürün bir yansımasıdır; dolayısıyla her yemeğin ardında bir gelenek yatar ve her lezzet, insanlığın eşsiz bir ânını temsil eder. Bu yüzden popüler bilim yazarı J. M. Mulet tarihi yemeklerle anlatmayı tercih ediyor ve ortaya çok lezzetli bir dünya tarihi çıkıyor. Fakat bu kitabı aynı zamanda “yemeğin tarihi” olarak okumak da mümkün.
Kitap insanın yiyecekle olan ilişkisini itinayla inceliyor, binlerce yıldan bu yana dünya halklarının kendi yemek kültürlerini nasıl geliştirdiklerini gösteriyor. Lezzetli Dünya Tarihi varoluş ve yemek yeme arasındaki ilişkiye tartışmalı ve tamamen yenilikçi bir bakış açısıyla yaklaşan meşhur İspanyol yazar Mulet’in en iddialı projesi; mamut iliğinden fast food’a kadar her yemeğin anlattığı hikâyeyi ortaya koyuyor.
Kardeşlik bağı, cesaret ve dayanıklılık üzerine sarsıcı bir eser.
—People Magazine
Kitap insanın yiyecekle olan ilişkisini itinayla inceliyor, binlerce yıldan bu yana dünya halklarının kendi yemek kültürlerini nasıl geliştirdiklerini gösteriyor. Lezzetli Dünya Tarihi varoluş ve yemek yeme arasındaki ilişkiye tartışmalı ve tamamen yenilikçi bir bakış açısıyla yaklaşan meşhur İspanyol yazar Mulet’in en iddialı projesi; mamut iliğinden fast food’a kadar her yemeğin anlattığı hikâyeyi ortaya koyuyor.
Kardeşlik bağı, cesaret ve dayanıklılık üzerine sarsıcı bir eser.
—People Magazine
- GenresNonfictionFood
520 pages, Paperback
Published April 3, 2024
About the author
J.M. Mulet
12 books87 followersJosé Miguel Mulet Salort (Dénia, 1973) es licenciado en Química y doctor en Bioquímica y Biología molecular por la Universitat de València.
Profesor de Biotecnología en la Universitat Politècnica de València, dirige una línea de investigación en el Institut de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas que trata de desarrollar plantas tolerantes a la sequía o al frío.
También dirige el Máster en Biotecnología Molecular y Celular de Plantas. En su faceta de divulgador científico, ha publicado los libros Los productos naturales ¡vaya timo! de la Editorial Laetoli y Comer sin miedo, Medicina sin engaños y La ciencia en la sombra de Destino.
Además, es autor de la sección Ciencia sin ficción en El País Semanal y del blog Tomates con genes.
Profesor de Biotecnología en la Universitat Politècnica de València, dirige una línea de investigación en el Institut de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas que trata de desarrollar plantas tolerantes a la sequía o al frío.
También dirige el Máster en Biotecnología Molecular y Celular de Plantas. En su faceta de divulgador científico, ha publicado los libros Los productos naturales ¡vaya timo! de la Editorial Laetoli y Comer sin miedo, Medicina sin engaños y La ciencia en la sombra de Destino.
Además, es autor de la sección Ciencia sin ficción en El País Semanal y del blog Tomates con genes.
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January 24, 2026
I bought this book because of the interesting topic and a funny cover. Upon reading 150 pages, I am increasingly irritated. The book has many rambling digressions into topics that the author clearly has no idea about. It is full of factual mistakes. Examples:
1. Page 73, about the Chinese maritime expeditions (1405-1433): "China tuvo en su momento un afán expansionista y una gran flota, pero el cambio de dinastía (...) hizo que decidiera encerrarse en sí misma y no expansionarse".
This is not true. The ending of the Chinese maritime expeditions had nothing to do with a change of the ruling dynasty. The expeditions ceased in 1433, while the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) continued on the Chinese throne for another 200+ years.
2. Page 94: "las estrellas que se han asignado a la misma constelación pueden (...) no pertenecer a las mismas galaxias".
This is nonsense. All the stars that form the traditional star constellations seen from Earth are in the same galaxy - our own. In fact, we cannot see separate, individual stars from the other galaxies with the naked eye.
3. Page 149: "Si Alejandro Magno, en vez de morirse en India..."
Alexander the Great died in Babylon, not in India.
4. Page 153: about the Trojan War: "se supone que fue el inicio de la enemistad entre griegos y persas que daría lugar a las guerras médicas".
The Persians were not involved in any way in the Trojan war. In fact, the Persian empire did not exist for another 700 years.
These are just some error examples I spotted upon casual reading of the first 150 pages. I wonder, doesn’t the publisher (Ediciones Destino) employ any editors to check Mr Mullet’s ramblings?
1. Page 73, about the Chinese maritime expeditions (1405-1433): "China tuvo en su momento un afán expansionista y una gran flota, pero el cambio de dinastía (...) hizo que decidiera encerrarse en sí misma y no expansionarse".
This is not true. The ending of the Chinese maritime expeditions had nothing to do with a change of the ruling dynasty. The expeditions ceased in 1433, while the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) continued on the Chinese throne for another 200+ years.
2. Page 94: "las estrellas que se han asignado a la misma constelación pueden (...) no pertenecer a las mismas galaxias".
This is nonsense. All the stars that form the traditional star constellations seen from Earth are in the same galaxy - our own. In fact, we cannot see separate, individual stars from the other galaxies with the naked eye.
3. Page 149: "Si Alejandro Magno, en vez de morirse en India..."
Alexander the Great died in Babylon, not in India.
4. Page 153: about the Trojan War: "se supone que fue el inicio de la enemistad entre griegos y persas que daría lugar a las guerras médicas".
The Persians were not involved in any way in the Trojan war. In fact, the Persian empire did not exist for another 700 years.
These are just some error examples I spotted upon casual reading of the first 150 pages. I wonder, doesn’t the publisher (Ediciones Destino) employ any editors to check Mr Mullet’s ramblings?
January 2, 2026
I have not finished the book yet, but early on I found myself questioning how coincidental it was that the author chose to begin describing Mesopotamia with Israel. I wanted to believe that a book about the history of food would not become entangled with politics. After all, when Mesopotamia is mentioned, most people first think of Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Iran. However, the author gives no real place to these regions at all.
Later, when I researched the information presented on page 109 regarding the Philistines and the Jews, I realized that several of the claims appeared to be factually incorrect.
Quotation from the book:
1. “The Philistines destroyed a temple and angered Samson.”
Fact: In the Bible (Judges 16), the Philistines did not destroy a Jewish temple. Samson himself destroyed a Philistine temple (the Temple of Dagon). At the time of Samson, the Jewish Temple did not yet exist.
2. “The word Philistine is derived from Palestinian.”
Fact: The opposite is true. The Philistines were an ancient people (12th century BCE), while Palaestina is a Roman name introduced in the 2nd century CE. The modern term “Palestinian” derives from this later designation.
3. “Palestinians later became Muslim but did not stop fighting Jews.”
Fact: This statement falsely implies an uninterrupted ethnic-religious conflict, which is not supported by historical evidence. The Philistines disappeared as a distinct people by around 600 BCE. Modern Palestinians are not direct descendants of the Philistines as a group, and Islam emerged approximately 1,700 years later.
In reality, Samson is an early Israelite figure who struggled against the Philistines. The Philistines are not modern Palestinians, the Jewish Temple did not yet exist at that time, and this narrative incorrectly projects modern concepts onto ancient history.
Overall, this section reflects not academic history, but a modern political narrative projected backward onto the ancient past.
Later, when I researched the information presented on page 109 regarding the Philistines and the Jews, I realized that several of the claims appeared to be factually incorrect.
Quotation from the book:
1. “The Philistines destroyed a temple and angered Samson.”
Fact: In the Bible (Judges 16), the Philistines did not destroy a Jewish temple. Samson himself destroyed a Philistine temple (the Temple of Dagon). At the time of Samson, the Jewish Temple did not yet exist.
2. “The word Philistine is derived from Palestinian.”
Fact: The opposite is true. The Philistines were an ancient people (12th century BCE), while Palaestina is a Roman name introduced in the 2nd century CE. The modern term “Palestinian” derives from this later designation.
3. “Palestinians later became Muslim but did not stop fighting Jews.”
Fact: This statement falsely implies an uninterrupted ethnic-religious conflict, which is not supported by historical evidence. The Philistines disappeared as a distinct people by around 600 BCE. Modern Palestinians are not direct descendants of the Philistines as a group, and Islam emerged approximately 1,700 years later.
In reality, Samson is an early Israelite figure who struggled against the Philistines. The Philistines are not modern Palestinians, the Jewish Temple did not yet exist at that time, and this narrative incorrectly projects modern concepts onto ancient history.
Overall, this section reflects not academic history, but a modern political narrative projected backward onto the ancient past.
October 8, 2023
Me gusta la perspectiva que toma el autor sobre la gastronomía, el libro es muy denso y hay mucha información que asimilar pero se disfruta viendo el origen de muchos platos (:
June 26, 2023
Maravilloso. Una vez más, un libro de Mulet me ha fascinado. Lástima no tener memoria para recordar al menos la mitad de lo que cuenta. He dejado prácticamente todo el libro subrayado 🤣.
Muy recomendable.
Muy recomendable.
August 26, 2025
Kitap bağlamının çok dışına çıkıyor. İnsanların yemek kültürü ve beslenme alışlanlıklarını anlatan bir kitaptan ziyade neredeyse genel dünya tarihi kitabı olmuş.
Onun dışında, yazarın ispanyol olmasından mütevellit İspanyaya gereğinden fazla önem verildiğini düşünüyorum. Yazar oturup paella tarifi vermiş. İspanya’nın üstünde bu kadar durmak yerine, doğu asya ülkelerine hakettiği önemi vermesi daha doğru olurdu. Japonya, Çin gibi tarihi çok eskilere giden ülkelerin üzerinde neredeyse hiç durulmamış.
Onun dışında genel kültür çerçevesinde çok güzel bilgiler ve açıklamalar içermekte.
Onun dışında, yazarın ispanyol olmasından mütevellit İspanyaya gereğinden fazla önem verildiğini düşünüyorum. Yazar oturup paella tarifi vermiş. İspanya’nın üstünde bu kadar durmak yerine, doğu asya ülkelerine hakettiği önemi vermesi daha doğru olurdu. Japonya, Çin gibi tarihi çok eskilere giden ülkelerin üzerinde neredeyse hiç durulmamış.
Onun dışında genel kültür çerçevesinde çok güzel bilgiler ve açıklamalar içermekte.
April 25, 2026
Me atrapó desde un inicio. Guardando la proporción debida, diría que es El infinito en un junco pero de comida. Qué libro tan extraordinario de verdad. El autor hace un recorrido impresionante de cómo la humanidad ha comido y las implicaciones que eso tiene en cada momento histórico. No solo se habla del factor nutricional, sobre todo se habla de cultura y de cuestiones geográficas. La mezcla de estas tres cosas están dispuestas por una explicación sencilla y sin complicaciones. He sospechado que algunas partes, como los “chistes” que salen de golpe, fueron completadas con IA, pero la verdad es que no me importa eso en este caso (quizá me equivoco pero así lo sentí). 5 estrellas de 5.
August 31, 2025
El tema del libro me parece súper interesante. Es un tema que sorprende que no se haya desarrollado más y que sea tan desconocido en la cultura general.
Sin embargo el libro se me hace demasiado pesado, me hubiera gustado algo más ligero y escrito en varios tomos quizá. Aún así el trabajo que hace Mulet en este libro es espectacular.
Sin embargo el libro se me hace demasiado pesado, me hubiera gustado algo más ligero y escrito en varios tomos quizá. Aún así el trabajo que hace Mulet en este libro es espectacular.
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