Stone Daniel - The Food Explorer The True Adventures Of The Globe - Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The true adventures of David Fairchild a late - nineteenth - century food explorer who travelled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados mangoes seedless grapes - and thousands more - to the American plate. Kale from Croatia mangoes from India and hops from Bavaria. Peaches from China avocados from Chile and pomegranates from Malta. Along the way he was arrested caught diseases and bargained with island tribes. But his culinary ambition came during a formative era and through him America transformed into the most diverse food system ever created.
Title: The Food Explorer The True Adventures Of The Globe - Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats
Author(s): Stone Daniel
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Barcode: 9781101990599
Pages: 416 Pages, 16 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 2/5/2019
Category: History