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Autore |
Denker Joel |
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The carrot purple and other curious stories of the food we eat / / Joel S. Denker |
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Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Collana |
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Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Food |
Food crops |
Vegetables |
Fruit |
Cooking |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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