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Beans: A History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350022270)
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Ken Albala
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xThis 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. Jerome's 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 man's 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 Historytakes the reader on a fascinating journey across cuisines and cultures.
Author: Ken Albala
ISBN-10: 1350022276
ISBN-13: 9781350022270
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 03/09/2017
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
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. Jerome's 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 man's 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 Historytakes the reader on a fascinating journey across cuisines and cultures.
Author: Ken Albala
ISBN-10: 1350022276
ISBN-13: 9781350022270
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 03/09/2017
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
By Ken Albala
xKen Albala is Professor of History and Director of Food Studies at the University of the Pacific, USA. He is the author of The Food History Reader and A Cultural History of Food in the Renaissance, both published by Bloomsbury.
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