Potato : a history of the propitious esculent /
Reader, John.
Potato : a history of the propitious esculent / John Reader. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale Univ. Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) : illustrations
Previously published as Propitious esculent by William Heinemann in 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index.
South America -- To Mars from the Andes -- What exactly is a potato? -- Domestication -- Whence have they come? -- A dainty dish -- Europe -- The lonely impulse of delight -- The way it was -- The demoralising esculent -- Where the praties grow -- Sees of famine -- Woe the sons of Adam! -- The world -- The fatal malady -- Co-opting science -- Men on a mission -- Global voyage -- Developing worlds -- for the price of apples.
Photojournalist Reader (Africa: A Biography of the Continent) traces the humble potato from its roots in the Peruvian Andes to J.R. Simplot's multibillion-dollar-a-year French fry business. Despite its predilection to disease, the potato is a highly adaptable, high-yield, and nutrient-packed foodstuff. While this title focuses primarily on the potato's presence in South America and Europe, it also touches on Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and China-currently the world's largest producer and consumer of potatoes. Verdict: Curiously little attention is paid to the tuber's contributions to the culinary and beverage landscape; the UK subtitle of this work, "The Potato in World History," provides a more accurate description of the focus of the text.
English.
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Potatoes.
Potatoes--History.
Food crops.
Solanum tuberosum
Pomme de terre.
Pomme de terre--Histoire.
Cultures vivrières.
GARDENING--Vegetables.
HISTORY--World.
Food crops.
Potatoes.
Aardappel.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Voedselgewassen.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
SB211.P8 / R43 2009eb
635/.21
Potato : a history of the propitious esculent / John Reader. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale Univ. Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) : illustrations
Previously published as Propitious esculent by William Heinemann in 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index.
South America -- To Mars from the Andes -- What exactly is a potato? -- Domestication -- Whence have they come? -- A dainty dish -- Europe -- The lonely impulse of delight -- The way it was -- The demoralising esculent -- Where the praties grow -- Sees of famine -- Woe the sons of Adam! -- The world -- The fatal malady -- Co-opting science -- Men on a mission -- Global voyage -- Developing worlds -- for the price of apples.
Photojournalist Reader (Africa: A Biography of the Continent) traces the humble potato from its roots in the Peruvian Andes to J.R. Simplot's multibillion-dollar-a-year French fry business. Despite its predilection to disease, the potato is a highly adaptable, high-yield, and nutrient-packed foodstuff. While this title focuses primarily on the potato's presence in South America and Europe, it also touches on Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and China-currently the world's largest producer and consumer of potatoes. Verdict: Curiously little attention is paid to the tuber's contributions to the culinary and beverage landscape; the UK subtitle of this work, "The Potato in World History," provides a more accurate description of the focus of the text.
English.
9780300153996 (electronic bk.) 0300153996 (electronic bk.) 1282351745 9781282351745 9780300171457 0300171455 9786612351747 6612351748
22573/ctt1nktwt JSTOR BCFA4F2B-19B4-4668-9681-623D18458498 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2008937284
Potatoes.
Potatoes--History.
Food crops.
Solanum tuberosum
Pomme de terre.
Pomme de terre--Histoire.
Cultures vivrières.
GARDENING--Vegetables.
HISTORY--World.
Food crops.
Potatoes.
Aardappel.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Voedselgewassen.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
SB211.P8 / R43 2009eb
635/.21