Much depends on dinner : since Eve ate apples / Margaret Visser.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Grove Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Edition: Second editionDescription: 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 0802144934
- 9780802144935
- Subtitle on cover: Extraordinary history and mythology, allure and obsessions, perils and taboos of an ordinary meal
- 394.12 23
- GT2860 .V57 2008
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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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