The Story of Soy

The Story of Soy
Author: Christine M. Du Bois
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2018-04-15
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1780239653

The humble soybean is the world’s most widely grown and most traded oilseed. And though found in everything from veggie burgers to cosmetics, breakfast cereals to plastics, soy is also a poorly understood crop often viewed in extreme terms—either as a superfood or a deadly poison. In this illuminating book, Christine M. Du Bois reveals soy’s hugely significant role in human history as she traces the story of soy from its domestication in ancient Asia to the promise and peril ascribed to it in the twenty-first century. Traveling across the globe and through millennia, The Story of Soy includes a cast of fascinating characters as vast as the soy fields themselves—entities who’ve applauded, experimented with, or despised soy. From Neolithic villagers to Buddhist missionaries, European colonialists, Japanese soldiers, and Nazi strategists; from George Washington Carver to Henry Ford, Monsanto, and Greenpeace; from landless peasants to petroleum refiners, Du Bois explores soy subjects as diverse as its impact on international conflicts, its role in large-scale meat production and disaster relief, its troubling ecological impacts, and the nutritional controversies swirling around soy today. She also describes its genetic modification, the scandals and pirates involved in the international trade in soybeans, and the potential of soy as an intriguing renewable fuel. Featuring compelling historical and contemporary photographs, The Story of Soy is a potent reminder never to underestimate the importance of even the most unprepossesing sprout.

Soybeans

Soybeans
Author: Lawrence A. Johnson
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 853
Release: 2015-08-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128043520

This comprehensive new soybean reference book disseminates key soybean information to "drive success for soybeans via 23 concise chapters covering all aspects of soybeans--from genetics, breeding and quality to post-harvest management, marketing and utilization (food and energy applications), U.S. domestic versus foreign practices and production methods. - The most complete and authoritative book on soybeans - Features internationally recognized authors in the 21-chapter book - Offers sufficient depth to meet the needs of experts in the subject matter, as well as individuals with basic knowledge of the topic

Soy Applications in Food

Soy Applications in Food
Author: Mian N. Riaz
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2005-11-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1420037951

Soy is prized by the food industry for both its versatility and the major role it plays in food functionality. However, only a limited amount of information is available explaining soy's full potential in food applicability. Soy Applications in Food provides insight into the different types of soy ingredients available for consumption and details t

The Whole Soy Cookbook

The Whole Soy Cookbook
Author: Patricia Greenberg
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Total Pages: 237
Release: 1998
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0517888130

Appetizers, dips, and spreads; Salads and vegetables; Brunch and breads. Pizza and sandwiches; Soups and Stews; Main dishes; Pastas and grains; Desserts.

The Soybean

The Soybean
Author: Guriqbal Singh
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2010
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1845936442

The soybean is a crop of global importance and is one of most frequently cultivated crops worldwide. It is rich in oil and protein, used for human and animal consumption as well as for industrial purposes. Soybean plants also play an important role in crop diversification and benefit the growth of other crops, adding nitrogen to the soil during crop rotation. With contributions from eminent researchers from around the world, The Soybean provides a concise coverage of all aspects of this important crop, including genetics and physiology, varietal improvement, production and protection technology, utilization and nutritional value.

Soy in Health and Disease Prevention

Soy in Health and Disease Prevention
Author: Michihiro Sugano
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2005-08-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1000611779

While the western world has only recently become enamored with the soybean, East Asia has been consuming and enjoying the associated health benefits of this versatile proteinaceous legume for centuries. The Japanese in particular have devoted much energy to unraveling the mysteries and revealing the science of this oil-rich bean. The Fuji Foundatio

Coolbean the Soybean

Coolbean the Soybean
Author: Shawn Conley
Publisher: ASA, CSSA, and SSSA
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2014-12-26
Genre: Soybean
ISBN: 0891186182

Meet Coolbean the Soybean! He’s a super bean, but he has something very important in common with kids everywhere. He needs the support and knowledge of his family and friends - including an awesome farmer and some smart scientists - to grow up. Follow Coolbean’s life cycle, from being planted in a cozy bed of healthy soil, to developing flowers and pods, to a happy harvest. See why soybeans are special beans all over the world, feeding billions of people and used for making many other products, from crayons to cars! ...all in alignment with common core standards for reading and science. Aimed at Grades 3 - 5, but lovable by all ages.

The Whole Soy Story

The Whole Soy Story
Author: Kaayla T. Daniel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780967089751

This book is a gauntlet thrown at the feet of the soy industry, whose reputation often seems based as much on self-promotion as science.

Soy Sauce for Beginners

Soy Sauce for Beginners
Author: Kirstin Chen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2014
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0544114396

For fans of Kyung-Sook Shin and Anna Quindlen, a story of family, loyalty and fresh starts in the heart of Singapore.

Magic Bean

Magic Bean
Author: Matthew Roth
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2018-05-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0700626344

At the turn of the twentieth century, soybeans grew on so little of America’s land that nobody bothered to track the total. By the year 2000, they covered upward of 70 million acres, second only to corn, and had become the nation’s largest cash crop. How this little-known Chinese transplant, initially grown chiefly for forage, turned into a ubiquitous component of American farming, culture, and cuisine is the story Matthew Roth tells in Magic Bean: The Rise of Soy in America. The soybean’s journey from one continent into the heart of another was by no means assured or predictable. In Asia, the soybean had been bred and cultivated into a nutritious staple food over the course of centuries. Its adoption by Americans was long in coming— the outcome of migration and innovation, changing tastes and habits, and the transformation of food, farming, breeding, marketing, and indeed the bean itself, during the twentieth century. All come in for scrutiny as Roth traces the ups and downs of the soybean’s journey. Along the way, he uncovers surprising developments, including a series of catastrophic explosions at soy-processing plants in the 1930s, the widespread production of tofu in Japanese-American internment camps during World War II, the decades-long project to improve the blandness of soybean oil, the creation of new southern soybean varieties named after Confederate generals, the role of the San Francisco Bay Area counterculture in popularizing soy foods, and the discovery of soy phytoestrogens in the late 1980s. We also encounter fascinating figures in their own right, such as Yamei Kin, the Chinese American who promoted tofu during World War I, and African American chemist Percy Lavon Julian, who played a critical role in the story of synthetic human hormones derived from soy sterols. A thoroughly engaging work of narrative history, Magic Bean: The Rise of Soy in America is the first comprehensive account of the soybean in America over the entire course of the twentieth century.