Much depends on dinner : since Eve ate apples / Margaret Visser.

By:

Visser, Margaret [author.]

Material type: Text

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0802144934
9780802144935

Other title:

Subtitle on cover: Extraordinary history and mythology, allure and obsessions, perils and taboos of an ordinary meal

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

394.12 23

LOC classification:

GT2860 .V57 2008

Contents:

1. Corn: Our Mother, our life -- 2. Salt: The edible rock -- 3. Butter - and something "Just as Good" -- 4. Chicken: From jungle fowl to patties -- 5. Rice: The tyrant with a soul -- 6. Lettuce: The vicissitudes of salad -- 7. Olive oil: A tree and its fruits -- 8. Lemon juice: A sour note -- 9. Ice cream: Cold comfort. -- Reference -- Index

Summary: Describes the history, myths, and business, scientific, and agricultural aspects of corn, salt, butter, chicken, rice, lettuce, olive oil, lemon juice, and ice cream.

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"With a new introduction by the author"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the second edition -- Introduction: What shall we have for dinner? -- 1. Corn: Our Mother, our life -- 2. Salt: The edible rock -- 3. Butter - and something "Just as Good" -- 4. Chicken: From jungle fowl to patties -- 5. Rice: The tyrant with a soul -- 6. Lettuce: The vicissitudes of salad -- 7. Olive oil: A tree and its fruits -- 8. Lemon juice: A sour note -- 9. Ice cream: Cold comfort. -- Reference -- Index

Describes the history, myths, and business, scientific, and agricultural aspects of corn, salt, butter, chicken, rice, lettuce, olive oil, lemon juice, and ice cream.

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