Avocado : a global history
Miller, Jeff (Jeffrey P.)2024
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Abstract: The avocado is the iconic food of the twenty-first century. It has gone from a little-known regional food to a social media darling in less than a hundred years. This is an astounding trajectory for a fruit that isn't sweet, becomes bitter when it is cooked and has perhaps the oddest texture of any fruit or vegetable. But the idea that this rich and delicious fruit is also healthy despite being fatty and energy-dense gives it unicorn status among modern eaters, especially millennials. Through lively anecdotes, colourful pictures and delicious recipes, Jeff Miller explores the meteoric rise of the avocado, from its co-evolution with the megaherbivores of the Pleistocene to its acceptance by the Spanish conquistadores in Mexico and its current dominance of food consumers' imagination.
Main title:
Avocado : a global history / Jeff Miller.
Author:
Miller, Jeff (Jeffrey P.), authorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
London : Reaktion Books, 2020.Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2024.
Collation:
1 online resource (14 entries) : 57 images ; digital files.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Also available in print version.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Contents:
1. The history of the avocado2. Growing avocados3. Selling an odd, but butritious, fruit4. Eating avocados and other usesAppendix: Types of avocadoRecipes.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781803162393 (electronic version)1789142032 (print)9781789142037 (print)
Dewey class:
634.653
LC class:
SB379.A9
Language:
English
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BRN:
854448
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