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Apple - A Global History

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Erika Janik is a freelance writer and a producer at Wisconsin Public Radio. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Midwest Living , Wisconsin Trails and Wisconsin Magazine of History and Mental Floss . She’s also the author of A Short History of Wisconsin (2010), Odd Wisconsin (2007) and Madison: A History of a Model City (2010). Klappentext Gravenstein. Coe's Golden Drop. Mendocino Cox. The names sound like something from the imagination of Tolkien or perhaps the ingredients in a dubious magical potion rather than what they are--varieties of apples. But as befits their enchanting names, apples have transfixed and beguiled humans for thousands of years. Apple: A Global History explores the cultural and culinary importance of a fruit born in the mountains of Kazakhstan that has since traversed the globe to become a favorite almost everywhere. From the Garden of Eden and Homer's Odyssey to Johnny Appleseed, William Tell, and even Apple Computer, Erika Janik shows how apples have become a universal source of sustenance, health, and symbolism from ancient times to the present day. Featuring many mouthwatering illustrations, this exploration of the planet's most popular fruit includes a guide to selecting the best apples, in addition to apple recipes from around the world, including what is believed to be the first recorded apple recipe from Roman gourmand Marcus Apicius. And Janik doesn't let us forget that apples are not just good eating; their juice also makes for good drinking--as the history of cider in North America and Europe attests. Janik grew up surrounded by apple iconography in Washington, the "apple state," so there is no better author to tell this fascinating story. Readers will eat up this surprising and entertaining tale of a fruit intricately linked to human history. Zusammenfassung Apple explores the cultural and culinary importance of the apple. From the Garden of Eden and Homer’s Odyssey to Johnny Appleseed, Wilhelm Tell and Apple Computer, readers will learn how apples became a universal source of sustenance, health and symbolism....

Product details

Authors Erika Janik, Janik Erika
Publisher Reaktion Books
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.09.2011
 
EAN 9781861898487
ISBN 978-1-86189-848-7
No. of pages 136
Series The Edible Series
Edible
Edible (Reaktion Books)
Edible
The Edible Series
Subjects Guides > Health > Diet

COOKING / General, Cookery / food & drink etc, Cultural studies: food and society, Cookery / food and drink / food writing

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