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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Beans

Beans

Albala, Ken

Hardcover

Food WritingEdible PlantsGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1845204301
ISBN13: 9781845204303
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Sep 1 2007
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.07 Width: 6.34 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
Awards: IACP Crystal Whisk Award, IACP Crystal Whisk Award

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. 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 History takes the reader on a fascinating journey across cuisines and cultures.

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