Description: Beans : A History, Paperback by Albala, Ken, ISBN 1350022276, ISBN-13 9781350022270, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
This is the story of the bean, the staple food cultivated by humans for over 10,000 years.
From the lentil to the soybean, every civilization on the planet has cultivated its own species of bean. The humble bean has always attracted attention - from Pythagoras notion that the bean hosted a human soul to St. Jeromes indictment against bean-eating in convents (because they "tickle the genitals"), to current research into the deadly toxins contained in the most commonly eaten beans.
Over time, the bean has been both scorned as "poor mans meat" and praised as health-giving, even patriotic. Attitudes to this most basic of foodstuffs have always revealed a great deal about a society. Featuring a new preface from author Ken Albala, Beans: A History takes the reader on a fascinating journey across cuisines and cultures.
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Edition: 2
Book Title: Beans : a History
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Topic: Specific Ingredients / Vegetables, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.5 in
Genre: Cooking, Social Science
Item Weight: 10.1 Oz
Author: Ken Albala
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
