Excerpt
A brand-new book traces the history of milk back 10,000 years.
Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times–bestselling author of 24 books, including Ready For a Brand New Beat: How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America; Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World; Salt: A World History; Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man; 1968: The Year That Rocked the World; The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell; The Last Fish Tale; The Food of a Younger Land; The Eastern Stars, and Edible Stories. He lives in New York City.
Music History
In his new book Ready for a Brand New Beat, prolific author Mark Kurlansky looks at how the Motown song “Dancing in the Street” became an anthem for ’60s America—he picks five essential music reads that inspired his own work.