TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reader,John
AU  - Reader,John
TI  - Potato: a history of the propitious esculent 
SN  - 9780300141092
AV  - SB211.P8 R286 P 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Potatoes
KW  - History
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Potato industry
KW  - Food crops
KW  - Aardappel
KW  - Cultuurgeschiedenis
KW  - Voedselgewassen
N1  - Originally published as: Propitious esculent. London : William Heinemann, 2008; South America --; To Mars from the Andes --; What exactly is a potato? --; Domestication --; Whence have they come? --; A dainty dish --; Europe --; The lonely impulse of delight --; The way it was --; The demoralising esculent --; Where the praties grow --; Seeds of famine --; Woe the sons of Adam!  --; The world --; The fatal malady --; Co-opting science --; Men on a mission --; Global voyage --; Developing worlds --; For the price of apples; HKBU Library
N2  - Photojournalist Reader (Africa: A Biography of the Continent) traces the humble potato from its roots in the Peruvian Andes to J.R. Simplot's multibillion-dollar-a-year French fry business. Despite its predilection to disease, the potato is a highly adaptable, high-yield, and nutrient-packed foodstuff. While this title focuses primarily on the potato's presence in South America and Europe, it also touches on Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and China-currently the world's largest producer and consumer of potatoes. Verdict: Curiously little attention is paid to the tuber's contributions to the culinary and beverage landscape; the UK subtitle of this work, "The Potato in World History," provides a more accurate description of the focus of the text
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