TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reader,John
AU  - Reader,John
TI  - Potato: a history of the propitious esculent 
SN  - 9780300153996
AV  - SB211.P8 R43 2009eb
U1  - 635/.21 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Haven [Conn.]
PB  - Yale Univ. Press
KW  - Potatoes
KW  - History
KW  - Food crops
KW  - Solanum tuberosum
KW  - Pomme de terre
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Cultures vivrières
KW  - GARDENING
KW  - Vegetables
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - World
KW  - fast
KW  - Aardappel
KW  - gtt
KW  - Cultuurgeschiedenis
KW  - Voedselgewassen
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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