The carrot purple and other curious stories of the food we eat / / Joel S. Denker
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| Autore: |
Denker Joel
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| Titolo: |
The carrot purple and other curious stories of the food we eat / / Joel S. Denker
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 641.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Food |
| Food crops | |
| Vegetables | |
| Fruit | |
| Cooking | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The carrot purple and other curious stories of the food we eat |
| ISBN: | 1-4422-4886-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797541403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in food and gastronomy.