[PDF.79yl] The Carrot Purple and Other Curious Stories of the Food We Eat (Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy)

The Carrot Purple and Other Curious Stories of the Food We Eat (Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy)

[PDF.ym33] The Carrot Purple and Other Curious Stories of the Food We Eat (Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy)

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 | #1249531 in Books |  2015-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.33 x1.09 x6.25l,1.35 | File type: PDF | 328 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A TASTY HISTORY LESSON.|By Customer|It's a fun and interesting read. The foods that we take for granted had such interesting journeys, from so long ago, until today.
It is so fascinating to learn the origin and transformation of our not-so-ordinary fruits and vegetables.|3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| What's the story of wh| |Food historian Denker has compiled a fascinating collection of short essays on the history of many common fruits, vegetables, and spices in an effort to get readers to appreciate the fullness of these histories. He delves into each item’s his

How many otherwise well-educated readers know that the familiar orange carrot was once a novelty? It is a little more than 400 years old. Domesticated in Afghanistan in 900 AD, the purple carrot, in fact, was the dominant variety until Dutch gardeners bred the young upstart in the seventeenth century. After surveying paintings from this era in the Louvre and other museums, Dutch agronomist Otto Banga discovered this stunning transformation.

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