Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World
A History
The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our disaffection with industrial foods - while becoming the most popular vegetable in America (and, in fact, the world). Each summer, tomato festivals crop up across the country; the Heinz ketchup bottle, instantly recognizable, has earned a spot in the Smithsonian; and now the tomato is redefining the very nature of farming, moving from fields into climate-controlled mega-greenhouses the size of New Englan…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5387-5332-3
- EAN: 9781538753323
- Produktnummer: 37897724
- Verlag: Little, Brown and Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H21.2 cm x B14.6 cm x D3.0 cm 420 g
- Gewicht: 420
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William Alexander is a New York Times bestselling author and the writer of three critically-acclaimed books, including The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden. He's been featured on NPR's Morning Edition and Weekend Edition, and has written for the New York Times, the LA Times, Saveur, and others.
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