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UNINA9910813728603321 |
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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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Soggetti |
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Food |
Food crops |
Vegetables |
Fruit |
Cooking |
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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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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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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 |
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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. |
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UNINA9911016151403321 |
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Autore |
Zufelt Jon |
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Cold Regions Engineering 2024 : Sustainable and Resilient Engineering Solutions for Changing Cold Regions |
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Reston : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2024 |
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©2024 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (637 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Low temperature engineering |
Sustainable engineering |
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Intro -- 9780784485460.000 -- 9780784485460.001 -- 9780784485460.002 -- 9780784485460.003 -- 9780784485460.004 |
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This collection contains 57 peer-reviewed papers on engineering solutions for changing cold regions presented at the 20thInternational Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, held in Anchorage, Alaska, May 13-16, 2024. |
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