Beans: A History
- ISBN-10
- 0857850784
- ISBN-13
- 9780857850782
- Series
- Beans
- Category
- Cooking
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-09-01
- Publisher
- Berg
- Author
- Ken Albala
Description
Winner of The 2008 Jane Grigson Award, issued by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). Winner of the 2008 Cordon d' Or Culinary Literature - History Culinary Academy Award. This is the story of the bean, the staple food cultivated by humans for over 10,000 years. From the lentil to the soybean, every civilization on the planet has cultivated its own species of bean. The humble bean has always attracted attention - from Pythagoras' notion that the bean hosted a human soul to St. Jerome's indictment against bean-eating in convents (because they "tickle the genitals"), to current research into the deadly toxins contained in the most commonly eaten beans. Over time, the bean has been both scorned as "poor man's meat" and praised as health-giving, even patriotic. Attitudes to this most basic of foodstuffs have always revealed a great deal about a society. Beans: A History takes the reader on a fascinating journey across cuisines and cultures.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Heirloom Beans: Recipes from Rancho Gordo
By Vanessa Barrington, Steve SandoNearly 90 recipes in the book will entice readers to cook up bowls of heartwarming Risotto and Cranberry Beans with Pancetta, or Caribbean Black Bean Soup. Close-up photos of the beans make them easy to identify.
-
Lucky Beans
By Becky BirthaBecky Birtha's engaging story, based on her grandmother's memories of Depression years in the African American community, is illustrated by Nicole Tadgell's expressive paintings.
-
Introduction to the Bean Family - Growing Beans in Your Garden Organically
By John Davidson, Dueep Jyot SinghTable of Contents Introduction Cultivating Beans Using Poles Lima Beans Climatic requirements Planting Harvesting Broad Beans Planting and Cultivation Harvesting Soybeans French Beans String Beans and String Less Beans Planting Mung Beans ...
-
The Rancho Gordo Heirloom Bean Guide: An Illustrated Manual for Cooking, Growing, and Enjoying Your Favorite Varieties
By Steve Sando, Julia NewberryAn illustrated manual for cooking, growing and enjoying your favorite varieties: 30 varieties, 30 recipes.
-
Cooking with Dried Beans
By Sara PitzerWe now have more than 200 titles in this series of 32-page publications, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
-
Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World's Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein, with 125 Recipes [A Cookbook]
By Joe YonanDrawing on the culinary traditions of the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Africa, South America, Asia, and the American South, and with beautiful photography throughout, this book has recipes for everyone.
-
Common Beans: Research for Crop Improvement
By Aart van Schoonhoven, Oswaldo VoysestCommon Beans: Research for Crop Improvement
-
The Truth about Baked Beans: An Edible History of New England
By Meg MuckenhouptThis toothsome volume reveals the effort that went into the creation of these foods, and lets us begin to reclaim the culinary heritage of immigrant New England—the French Canadians, Irish, Italians, Portuguese, Polish, indigenous people, ...
-
A Bean's Life Cycle
By Mary R. DunnThe process of a new life starting is fascinating!
-
The Beans and the Peas: From Orphan to Mainstream Crops
By Sanjeev Gupta, Aditya PratapThis book focuses on 12 important food legumes and discusses all relevant aspects on their economic importance, crop statistics, botany, and their general description.