The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats

by Daniel Stone

Book Overview

In the nineteenth century, American meals were about subsistence, not enjoyment. But as a new century approached, appetites broadened, and David Fairchild, a young botanist with an insatiable lust to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101990589
• ISBN13: 9781101990582
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

It was Ok.

The information was interesting but unless you are interested in the topic to begin with it is unlikely you will be charmed enough by the writing style to think this is a great book.