Beans: A History

Authors

Ken Albala, University of the PacificFollow

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Document Type

Book

Department

History

Description

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' notion that the bean hosted a human soul to St. 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. Attitudes to this most basic of foodstuffs have always revealed a great deal about a society. Featuring a new preface from author Ken Albala, Beans: A History takes the reader on a fascinating journey across cuisines and cultures.

Buy Link

http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/beans-9781350022270/

ISBN

978-1350022270

Publication Date

3-9-2017

Publisher

Bloomsbury Press

City

London

First Page

1

Last Page

240

Keywords

Food Studies

Disciplines

Food Security | History | Sociology

Comments

10th Anniversary edition with new foreword

Recommended Citation

Albala, K. (2017). Beans: A History. London: Bloomsbury Press
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cop-facbooks/10