The food explorer: the true adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed what America eats
(Book)
The true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes--and thousands more--to the American plate.
"In the nineteenth century American meals were about subsistence, not enjoyment. Agriculture yielded stable, basic crops like soybeans, corn, and barley, and few growers considered variety or flavor. But as a new century approached, appetites broadened, and David Fairchild, a young botanist with an insatiable hunger to explore and experience the world, set out in search of foods that would enrich the American farmer and enchant the American eater. Boarding a steamship, Fairchild embarked with little money and even less confidence, but he abounded with curiosity. Soon he fell in with an eccentric San Francisco millionaire named Barbour Lathrop, who took a shine to the awkward young man and financed his wanderlust. Across oceans and over rails, up mountainsides and through the surf of tropical beaches, they visited five continents and more than fifty countries, encountering cultures unimaginable to his neighbors back home. Kale from Croatia, mangoes from India, and hops from Bavaria. Peaches from China, avocados from Chile, and pomegranates from Malta. Fairchild's finds weren't just limited to food: From Egypt he sent back a variety of cotton that revolutionized an industry, and from Japan he introduced the cherry blossom tree, forever brightening America's capital. Along the way he was arrested, caught diseases, and bargained with island tribes. But his culinary ambition came during a formative era, the golden age of science, travel, and a world growing more connected; and through him, America's food system was transformed into the most diverse ever."--Dust jacket.
Notes
Stone, D. 1. (2018). The food explorer: the true adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed what America eats. New York, New York, Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Stone, Daniel 1985-. 2018. The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats. New York, New York, Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Stone, Daniel 1985-, The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats. New York, New York, Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Stone, Daniel 1985-. The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats. New York, New York, Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2018.
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505 | 0 | |a Chance encounters -- One thousand dollars -- East of Suez -- Guest and protégé -- The listless Pacific -- One cause, one country -- Crossing countries -- Alligator pears -- Grapes of a Venetian monk -- Citrus maxima -- Lemons, leaves, and the dawn of new light -- On the banks of the Tigris -- Bell's grand plan -- A brain awhirl -- Cherry trees with no cherries -- The urge to walk -- Outlaws, brigands, and murderers -- Fly the coop -- Sad and mad and so utterly unnecessary -- Wij zijn Amerikanen -- Epilogue. | |
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