Cabbage: A Global History (Edible)

Author: Meg Muckenhoupt
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Category: Cooking, General
Book Format: Hardcover

How could a vegetable be so beloved, so universal, and at the same time so disdained? One of the oldest crops in the world, cabbage has provided European and Asian peoples with vitamins A and C, and also babies - according to folktales about infants found `under a cabbage leaf'. It has appeared in senator's speeches in ancient Rome and the luggage of South Korean astronauts. Cabbage is both a badge of poverty and an emblem of national pride; a food derided as cheap, common and crass, and an essential ingredient in iconic dishes from sauerkraut to kimchi. Cabbage is easy to grow because it contains sulphurous compounds that repel insect pests in the wild - and human diners indoors who smell its distinctive aroma. We can't live without cabbage, but we don't want to stand downwind of it.

In this lively book, Meg Muckenhoupt traces cabbage's culinary paradox, exploring the cultural and chemical basis for its smelly reputation and enduring popularity. Filled with fascinating facts and recipes for everything from French cabbage soup to sauerkraut chocolate cake, Cabbage is essential reading for both food lovers and historians around the globe.

About Meg Muckenhoupt
Meg Muckenhoupt writes about ecology, travel, history and food. She has appeared on NPR's Radio Boston and WCVB's Chronicle, and her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, the Boston Phoenix, Boston Magazine and the Time Out Boston guide. She is author of Boston Gardens and Green Spaces (2010).

(BK-9781780239811)

SKU BK-9781780239811
Barcode # 9781780239811
Brand Reaktion Books
Artist / Author Meg Muckenhoupt
Shipping Weight 0.3000kg
Shipping Width 0.130m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 20.300m
Assembled Height 1.600m
Assembled Width 12.700m
Type Hardcover

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