Record Nr.

UNINA9910797541403321

Autore

Denker Joel

Titolo

The carrot purple and other curious stories of the food we eat / / Joel S. Denker

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015
©2015

ISBN

1-4422-4886-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy

Disciplina

641.3

Soggetti

Food

Food crops

Vegetables

Fruit

Cooking

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE ALLURE OF ANISE; ""MOON OF THE FAITH"": appreciating the apricot; THE ARTICHODE ""UNDRESSED""; THE ""LASCIVIOUS LEAF"": the lure of arugula; ASPARAGUS: scents and non-scents; THE ""BUTTER PEAR"": the mysterious avocado; THE ""CURIOSITY OF THE INDIES"": the baffling banana; HOLY BASIL; ""IT'S NOT BROCCOLI. IT'S ANDY BOY""; HEAD OF ITS CLASS: the cabbage; THE WILD CAPER; FROM ARABIA TO SCANDINAVIA: a cardamom chronicle; THE CARROT PURPLE; THE NUTTY FRUIT: the captivating cashew; THE CELERY CURE; THE BATTLE OVER THE BEAN: the puzzling chickpea

""FOOD OF THE GODS"": chocolate""SWEET WOOD"": cinnamon; THE ""NAIL INCENSE"": uncovering the clove; THE ""WINE OF THE BEAN"": coffee; SAVED FROM THE ""TWO-HEADED SERPENT"": the coriander cure; THE ""BITTER BERRY"": reclaiming the cranberry; THE ""BILIOUS"" COWCUMBER: cool as a cucumber; HIDDEN PUNCH: cumin's untold story; A FINE FEATHERED FRIEND: the wonders of dill; THE ""MAD APPLE"": the terrifying eggplant; THE TRUTH ABOUT FINOCCHIO: fragrant fennel; THE ""STINKING ROSE"": the glories of garlic; ""POOR

MAN'S MEAT"": the lentil; VIGOR AND VENERY: the story of mint

THE ""HAREN TREE"": nutmeg""A TASTE AS OLD AS COLD WATER"": the story of the olive; KNOWING YOUR ONIONS; SWEET FOR SOUR ORANGES; THE ""FRUIT OF ANGELS"": the papaya; FOUND A PEANUT; GIFT OF THE GODS: the pear; HOT COMMODITY: a pepper story; YES, WE HAVE NO ANANAS: the pineapple; THE PRINCELY PISTACHIO; PERSEPHONE'S TEMPTATION: the seductive pomegranate; THE ""WHITE TRUFFLE"": the perplexing potato; HUNTING FOR GOLD: the saga of saffron; THE ""PRINCE OF LEAFY GREENS"": spinach; SEX AND THE SINGLE STRAWBERRY; ""CANDY FROM THE FIELD"": the sweet potato; ""HOMEGROWN TOMATOES""

THE SCENT OF VANILLACRACKING THE WALNUT; ""WHAT THE ANGELS EAT"": the watermelon; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

Tracing the story of a variety of foods we love from obscurity to familiarity, this lively and informative work will reveal to readers the hidden history behind many of the things we eat.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00096343

Autore

ARUSIANUS MESSIUS