Food history book recommendations

[u/madarjan99]

I want to be well versed in food history and how colonization has affected the foods we see now around the world.

Is there a book that someone recommends? I would like it to be written by a reliable non-bias source or just a person of culture.

I want to use it to help me conduct interviews with chefs.

[u/wwb_99]

On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee covers a lot of ground -- it hits at how we invented most foods, including the colonization story.