Beans: a history [English ed] 9780857850782, 0857850784, 9781847883414, 1847883419

"This is the story of the bean, the staple food cultivated by humans for over 10,000 years. From the lentil to the

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Beans: a history [English ed]
 9780857850782, 0857850784, 9781847883414, 1847883419

Table of contents :
List of recipes --
Preface, acknowledgements and a note on recipes --
1. Introduction --
2. Lentils : fertile crescent --
3. Lupines : Europe and Andes --
4. Fava beans : Europe --
5. Peas, chickpeas and pigeon peas --
6. Oddballs and villains --
7. Mung and the Vignas : India --
8. Black-eyed peas : Africa, soul food --
9. Phaseolus vulgaris : Mexico and the world --
10. Limas and the lesser phaseoli : Andes --
11. Tepary beans : native Americans --
12. Soy : China, Japan and the world --
Postscript --
Bibliography --
Index.

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