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Explore the social, cultural, and historical relevance of food.
Writer, journalist, editor, and critic Gregory McNamee presents a cultural geography of how food, such as broccoli, corn, rice, and honey, has moved about the planet. These brief chapters address products derived directly from vegetable sources. Apples, pears, oranges, bananas, cantaloupes, watermelons, grapes, and pineapples make up his list of significant sweet fruits that can be readily eaten out of hand. Related fruits, olives and cranberries, require some processing to give them palate appeal. Vegetables described are generally cooked except for leafy ones such as lettuce, basil, and spinach. He includes four grains: wheat, rice, corn, and the relatively obscure amaranth. And of the nut family, only almond appears.
Recipes accompany each entry, running the gamut from ancient Roman and medieval through contemporary. Culinary traditions include Iranian, Mexican, Italian, and Chinese. In this delightful book, McNamee imaginatively brings to life some archaic uses of Earth's bounty.