Almost every state’s economy is greatly affected (in raise or loss) by the frozen food because of the new trends of intake of food. And that’s when the use of the salt became more common. Main Idea: At first when salt was used in the meals with meat and other types of meat (white meat, beef) but its industrial use got raise when salt was discovered as the best preservative. There are illustrations symbolizing the different civilization and the use of the salt in their era. Illustrations: This book contains many vibrant, attention-grabbing and supportive illustrations with text which made it easy for the readers to understand the importance of the simple substance salt. This book reveals that how important salt is for the human body. Salt is most important to superpowers like America to control the world. In this book the significance of the salt tells all the facts and secrets has been revealed. Salt is the substance which can make a country become the most powerful. How salt helped the civilizations to evolve and how it bring change in the economy in the World.
In this paper will discuss his book “The story of the salt” About the book: This book deals with the ubiquitous and such a simple substance, salt. These writing pieces by the author have focused the food and greatly salt. Mark Kurlansky writing pieces includes, “The big oyster”, “The last fish tale”, “1968 (the year when the world was rocked) and many more” (Random House, INC, 2009). The countries he visited are China, Middle East, and Africa. Just for the sake of knowing the facts about salt and how does this substance can really change the contemporary picture of the world, he travelled to many countries in the world. The most common feature in his books is salt. And this is an achievement in itself, if a book writer really changes one’s perspective towards any subject (The Random House Group, 2009). His many writing includes “A biography of fish which changed the view. He has been awarded with the James Beard Award for Excellence in Food Writing.
About the author: The author of this book Mark Kurlansky is well-known among the book lovers. This book is reviewed on a large scale and recommended by many of its readers. This book introduces the readers with the common facts that had been off-beat. This book is not just for the adults but also for the teenagers and the primary level students. The book in whole educates people about the significance of a simple element “salt”. The book suggested for this book report is “The story of salt” written by the author Mark Kurlansky.
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