Potato by resourceful Rebecca Earle gives us history, recipes, prayers of thanks, and family stories . Each section educates, brings a smile, makes you hungry, and makes you think. The Philadelphia Inquirer
Introduction: Lying Around Like a Latke1 Potato Mother2 Global Citizens3 The State of the Potato4 Pleasure and Responsibility5 Potato PhilosophyAcknowledgementsList of FiguresNotesIndex
Rebecca Earle is Professor in History at the University of Warwick, UK. She is the author of three books, including The Body of the Conquistador: Food, Race and the Colonial Experience in Spanish America, 1492-1700 (Cambridge University Press, 2012), which was Winner of the Conference on Latin America History 2013 Bolton-Johnson Prize, and The Return of the Native: Indians and Mythmaking in Spanish America, 1810-1930 (Duke University Press, 2008), which was Winner of the Conference on Latin American History's 2008 Bolton-Johnson Prize Honorable Mention. She has written about the history of food for The Conversation, BBC History Magazine, The Independent, and The Sunday Telegraph, among other publications.
