人类吃过的植物多达6000种，而如今50%的摄入能量来自水稻、小麦和玉米？
全球每年宰杀700亿只鸡，但大多数是同一种鸡的后代——它是20世纪中期的肉鸡比赛冠军“明日之鸡”？
大西洋鲑鱼在产卵前逆流回到出生地的浪漫与悲壮逐渐消逝，而仅在苏格兰利文湖，养殖场就为1600吨鲑鱼制造了洄游的假象？
无论来自哪里，我们喝下的啤酒中，每4罐里就有1罐出自同一工厂？
繁荣之下，是选择的贫瘠。除了美味，我们还将失去什么？每一种食物的消失都是蝴蝶效应的起点？BBC记者丹·萨拉迪诺寻访30多个国家和地区，记录40余种濒危的食物与传统工艺，如纪录片般揭露食物消失的赫然真相，也传递着温暖的希望。
作者简介
[英]丹·萨拉迪诺（Dan Saladino）著
记者和播音员，加入BBC超25年，为《粮食计划》(The Food Programme)提供深度报道。
他背上行囊，北往法罗群岛，南至坦桑尼亚，足迹遍及世界各地，寻找濒临灭绝的食物，记录它们的故事。他的首部作品《消失中的食物》斩获饮食作家协会图书奖、福南梅森图书奖、格里格森奖、英国自然与旅行写作至高奖温赖特奖，以及堪称“美食界奥斯卡”的詹姆斯·比尔德奖。
丹·萨拉迪诺曾入选伦敦年度最具有影响力的人物。
高语冰译
英国剑桥大学经济学学士，香港大学新闻与传媒研究所硕士，曾任职于摩根大通等金融机构，译有《魔丸的诞生》《在威士忌和墨水的洋流》《52蓝》等。
Humans have eaten as many as 6,000 plants, and today 50% of their energy intake comes from rice, wheat and corn.
70 billion chickens are killed worldwide every year, but most are descendants of the same breed - the chicken of Tomorrow, the mid-20th century broiler competition champion?
The romance and tragedy of Atlantic salmon swimming upstream to their birthplace before spawning is fading, and in Scotland's Loch Leven alone, farms have created the illusion of migration for 1,600 tons of salmon.
One out of every four cans of beer we drink comes from the same factory, no matter where it comes from.
Under prosperity, there is the impoverishment of choice. What will we lose, besides the taste? Every loss of food is the beginning of the butterfly effect, right? BBC reporter Dan Saladino travelled to more than 30 countries and regions to document more than 40 endangered foods and traditional crafts, revealing the stark truth of disappearing food like a documentary, but also passing on warm hope.
About the author
[E] By Dan Saladino
Journalist and broadcaster, has been with The BBC for more than 25 years, providing in-depth reporting for The Food Programme.
Carrying his bags as far north as the Faroe Islands and as far south as Tanzania, he traveled all over the world in search of endangered foods and documenting their stories. His first book, Missing Food, won the Society of Food Writers Book Award, the Fornan Mason Book Award, the Grigson Prize, the Wainwright Award for British nature and travel writing, and the James Beard Award, the "Oscar of the food world."
Dan Saladino has been named the most influential person of the Year in London.
Gao Yobing Translation
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a Master's degree in Journalism and Media Studies from the University of Hong Kong. He has worked for jpmorgan Chase and other financial institutions. He has translated books such as "The Birth of the Magic Pill", "In the Current of Whiskey and Ink" and "52 Blue".
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