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Can I read Beans : a History on EtoBox?
Beans : a History by Ken Albala is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Beans : a History about?
Winner of The 2008 Jane Grigson Award, issued by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). Winner of the 2008 Cordon d' Or Culinary Literature - History Culinary Academy Award. 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 sou
Who reads Beans : a History?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ken Albala
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780857850782
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Social Science, Science
- Rating
- 3.57 / 5 (120 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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