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Author | : Megan McDonald |
Publisher | : Scholastic |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Peddlers |
ISBN | : 9780531059142 |
Grandpa tells stories of the fruit and vegetable huckster in his childhood neighborhood, a man he learns to appreciate after a rocky start.
Author | : Pamela Allen |
Publisher | : Picture Puffin |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Grandmothers |
ISBN | : 9780143500865 |
Every Friday, Jack spends the day with his Grandma. They romp roly-poly on the ground, they read stories and they eat cake. Then, one cold and rainy Friday, they make the potato people . . .
Author | : Paige V. Polinsky |
Publisher | : Checkerboard Library |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-09 |
Genre | : Biography |
ISBN | : 9781532110962 |
Introduces George Lerner, the inventor of Mr. Potato Head, following him as he takes Mr. Potato Head from its start as a cereal-box prize to a kit of pieces that kids stuck into real potatoes to the addition of Mrs. Potato Head and the entire Potato Head family to stardom in the movie Toy Story.
Author | : Larry Zuckerman |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1999-10-25 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 1466812435 |
The Potato tells the story of how a humble vegetable, once regarded as trash food, had as revolutionary an impact on Western history as the railroad or the automobile. Using Ireland, England, France, and the United States as examples, Larry Zuckerman shows how daily life from the 1770s until World War I would have been unrecognizable-perhaps impossible-without the potato, which functioned as fast food, famine insurance, fuel and labor saver, budget stretcher, and bank loan, as well as delicacy. Drawing on personal diaries, contemporaneous newspaper accounts, and other primary sources, this is popular social history at its liveliest and most illuminating.
Author | : Eugene Grubb |
Publisher | : Applewood Books |
Total Pages | : 634 |
Release | : 2007-12 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 1429011025 |
Eugene Grubb and William Guilford's 1912 book, "The Potato," is a comprehesive source of information on growing and using potatoes, in a variety of climates across America, to prevent problems of food shortage.
Author | : Roy Navarre |
Publisher | : CABI |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2014-12-15 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1780642806 |
Potatoes are a staple crop around the world. Covering all aspects of botany, production and uses, this book presents a comprehensive discussion of the most important topics for potato researchers and professionals. It assesses the latest research on plant growth such as tuber development, water use and seed production, covers all aspects of pest management and reviews postharvest issues such as storage, global markets, and of course, nutritional value and flavour.
Author | : Arthur Witter Gilbert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Potatoes |
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Author | : John Reader |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2009-01-01 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 0300153996 |
The potato--humble, lumpy, bland, familiar--is a decidedly unglamorous staple of the dinner table. Or is it? John Reader's narrative on the role of the potato in world history suggests we may be underestimating this remarkable tuber. From domestication in Peru 8,000 years ago to its status today as the world's fourth largest food crop, the potato has played a starring--or at least supporting--role in many chapters of human history. In this witty and engaging book, Reader opens our eyes to the power of the potato. Whether embraced as the solution to hunger or wielded as a weapon of exploitation, blamed for famine and death or recognized for spurring progress, the potato has often changed the course of human events. Reader focuses on sixteenth-century South America, where the indigenous potato enabled Spanish conquerors to feed thousands of conscripted native people; eighteenth-century Europe, where the nutrition-packed potato brought about a population explosion; and today's global world, where the potato is an essential food source but also the world's most chemically-dependent crop. Where potatoes have been adopted as a staple food, social change has always followed. It may be "just" a humble vegetable, John Reader shows, yet the history of the potato has been anything but dull.
Author | : Redcliffe N. Salaman |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 772 |
Release | : 1985-11-21 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521316231 |
A reissue of a scholarly classic considers the influence of the potato on the social structure and economy throughout history wherever men adopted it as a mainstay of their diets.
Author | : Andrew F. Smith |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 1861899971 |
From obscure Pre-Columbian beginnings in the Andes Mountains to global popularity today, the story of the potato is one of rags to riches. In Potato, esteemed culinary historian Andrew F. Smith reveals the captivating story of a once lowly vegetable that has changed—and continues to change—the world. First domesticated by prehistoric people in the Andes, the potato has since been adopted by cultures around the globe. For instance, the potato was aggressively adopted by cooks in India and China, where it has become a dietary staple. In fact, these two countries now stand as the world’s largest potato producers. Nonetheless, despite its popularity, in this era of both fast food and health consciousness, the potato is now suffering negative publicity regarding its low nutritional value. Its health benefits continue to be debated, especially considering that the potato is most often associated with the ubiquitous but high-calorie french fry. Potato is a captivating read that provides a concisely written but thoroughly researched account of the history, economy, politics, and gastronomy behind this beloved starch—as well as recipes. As loaded with goodies as a well-dressed baked potato, this book is comforting and satisfying.