FEEDING THE PEOPLE (THE POLITICS OF POTATO) BY REBECCA EARLE deals with
the most favourite vegetable of both children &adults. YES! Your guess is
right, it is none other than the tuber shaped root vegetable POTATO. “Potato is
the fifth most valuable food crop’’. This above line from the book ensures that
how potato is being cultivated worldwide in a large scale?
The book carries a lot of information about potato which will surely
excite the reader to complete the book at the earliest. The book is well
structured with contents, figures, conclusions, recipes, abbreviations & Introduction.
UNITED NATIONS declaration of 2008 as the INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF POTATO
itself talks much about potato and the role of it in providing food security
and eradicating poverty. Rebecca Earle’s work on one such staple food is worth
a wider appreciation.
Recipe of Sichuan stir fried potato silvers, Truffles; etc along with
the mention of German cook books, first printed recipe book, potato- tithe all
makes an interesting read.
In this book, issues like food sovereignty, guild system, peasants
&potatoes, first written description of a potato and many more are
discussed. Readers are fortunate enough get all these details at just the turn
of a page. ”No plant is as universally useful as potatoes”- this line from the
book, proves the richness of the plant and the nourishment provided by it.
Eminent personalities like Columbus, Douglas, William, James
Vernon, Adam smith, philosopher Mencius and many Historians were found mention
& few of their opinions were also included in this book. This states about
the thorough research methodology implemented.
People related to the study group
of food science can benefit a lot from this book.
(PDF of the book provided by NET GALLEY for review)
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