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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven [Conn.] :
Yale Univ. Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Notas: | Previously published as Propitious esculent by William Heinemann in 2008. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300153996 0300153996 1282351745 9781282351745 9780300171457 0300171455 9786612351747 6612351748 |