No, it's history written in a most readable style. (bookbrowse.com)
This fantastic cookbook not only has recipes, but each recipe has a little history written by the author about where the recipe came from or where the inspiration for the recipe came from. (thenaptimereviewer.com)
A closely related characteristic of history writing today, which comes out of our general scientific climate, is to be very wary of miracle stories. (religion-online.org)