Beans: A History

by Ken Albala

Book Overview

Winner of The 2008 Jane Grigson Award, issued by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). Winner of the 2008 Cordon d' Or Culinary Literature - History Culinary Academy Award. 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. The humble bean has always attracted attention - from Pythagoras'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845204301
• ISBN13: 9781845204303
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 7.7"