Beans Albala Ken
This is the story of the bean, the staple food cultivated by humans for over 10,000 years.From the lentil to the soybean, every civilization on the planet has cultivated its own species of bean. Jerome's indictment against bean-eating in convents (because they tickle the gen… Celý popis ↓
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Beans Albala Ken
This is the story of the bean, the staple food cultivated by humans for over 10,000 years.From the lentil to the soybean, every civilization on the planet has cultivated its own species of bean. Jerome's indictment against bean-eating in convents (because they tickle the genitals), to current research into the deadly toxins contained in the most commonly eaten beans.Over time, the bean has been both scorned as poor man's meat and praised as health-giving, even patriotic. The humble bean has always attracted attention - from Pythagoras' notion that the bean hosted a human soul to St.
Featuring a new preface from author Ken Albala, Beans: A History takes the reader on a fascinating journey across cuisines and Attitudes to this most basic of foodstuffs have always revealed a great deal about a society.
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