Sweet but starchy, soft but toothsome--and so easy to peel they just beg to be devoured--bananas are one of our favorite foods, found everywhere from gas station counters to Michelin star restaurants. Yet for as versatile and ubiquitous as this fruit is today, its history is a turbulent one, entangled in colonial domination, capitalist exploitation, sexual politics, and even horrific violence. Delving into the banana's past, this book traces the complex circumstances of global modernity that perfectly aligned to grant us, often at tremendous costs, a treat we all now take for granted. ...
Sweet but starchy, soft but toothsome--and so easy to peel they just beg to be devoured--bananas are one of our favorite foods, found everywhere from ...
There are some of us who can't even stand to look at them--and others who can't live without them: chillies have been searing tongues and watering eyes for centuries in innumerable global cuisines. In this book, Heather Arndt Anderson explores the many ways nature has attempted to take the roofs of our mouths off--from the deceptively vegetal-looking jalapeno to the fire-red ghost pepper--and the many ways we have gleefully risen to the challenge. Anderson tells the story of the spicy berry's rise to prominence, showing that it was cultivated and venerated by the ancient people of...
There are some of us who can't even stand to look at them--and others who can't live without them: chillies have been searing tongues and watering eye...
In Pickles, author Jan Davison explores the cultural and gastronomic importance of pickles from the earliest civilizations to the twenty-first century.
In Pickles, author Jan Davison explores the cultural and gastronomic importance of pickles from the earliest civilizations to the twenty-first century...
Filled with fascinating facts and recipes for everything from French cabbage soup to sauerkraut chocolate cake, this lively book traces cabbage's culinary paradox, exploring the cultural and chemical basis for its smelly reputation and enduring popularity.
Filled with fascinating facts and recipes for everything from French cabbage soup to sauerkraut chocolate cake, this lively book traces cabbage's culi...
In Coffee: A Global History, Jonathan Morris explains how the world acquired a taste for coffee, yet why coffee tastes so different throughout the world. Written in an engaging style, and featuring wonderful recipes, stories and facts, the book explores who drank coffee, as well as why and where, how it was prepared and what it tasted like.
In Coffee: A Global History, Jonathan Morris explains how the world acquired a taste for coffee, yet why coffee tastes so different throughout the wor...
