The Story of Corn
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The Story of Corn is a unique compendium, drawing upon history and mythology, science and art, anecdote and image, personal narrative and epic to tell the extraordinary story of the grain that built... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0865475458
ISBN13:9780865475458
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:North Point Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 8.1" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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Story of Corn
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
This book fulfilled all my expectations. Excellent, thorough history of corn. Delivery was expeditious and condition of book was excellent.
Kind of A-maize-ing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I must admit, I am actually a beet person (well, root vegetables generally) and bought this book to get ammo to goof on my corn enthusiast friends. But how the worm has turned! Corn and human history are inextricably linked, a bonding of nurture and social evolution. This book lays down the facts. I guess in retrospect my "hubris" about beets was misguided and wrong. I now think the lesson I learned, whether it pertains to vegetables, politics, music or whatever, is that YOU SHOULD NEVER UNDERESTIMATE DIFFERENT OPINIONS. It's too easy to do, and is an easy way to miss out on fundamental truths. In that sense, this book transcends it's core audience of corn folk (cornies?) and teaches a much deeper lesson if you are not really interested in corn - that well disciplined research into unfamiliar topics can instruct and delight the receptive reader. Read it, enjoy and reflect.
Best book about corn you can find!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I love corn. Whether it's cobbed, creamed, breaded, or popped. This book is non-stop corn!
A specialized food history
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Food historian Betty Fussell's survey of corn history blends folklore, anthropology, botany and social and art history to provide a lively blend of anecdotes and facts about world corn, from its influence on war and ritual uses in the Inca and Aztec worlds to its use as a key ingredient in different cultures' cuisines. The Story Of Corn isn't a cookbook; it's a specialized food history which will appeal across many different lines, from students of anthropology and sociology to culinary enthusiasts and history buffs.
A persuasive treatise on a pervasive food...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
A fun, crammed compendium on how this food became ubiquitous--like the apple in our diet. It's forms and functions are seemingly unending. You'll be surprised how much and in what ways you've consumed it. Stock photos, quotes, recipes, postcards: a loving scrapbook and historical tale of corn. If you're a cook, you'll love it. It's like a year of Gourmet magazine with every issue on a different facet of corn. A fun gift to give.
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