Eating to Extinction

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Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

Eating to Extinction is a 2022 non-fiction book by Dan Saladino. It looks at rare foods from around the world and explains why many of them are disappearing. The book argues that modern farming and globalized diets push traditional crops and dishes out of existence, risking cultural heritage and biodiversity. Saladino encourages readers to value food diversity and to help protect endangered foods for the future.

Publication details:
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publication date: February 1, 2022
- Pages: 464
- ISBN: 978-0-374-60532-2

Reception:
- Won the 2022 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation.