Potato :: a history of the propitious esculent /

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 fo...

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1. Verfasser: Reader, John
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale Univ. Press, 2009.
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Previously published as Propitious esculent by William Heinemann in 2008.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index.
ISBN:9780300153996
0300153996
1282351745
9781282351745
9780300171457
0300171455
9786612351747
6612351748

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