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Seaweed: A Global History
Kaori O´connor
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Description for Seaweed: A Global History
Hardback. This is a culinary history of seaweed, combining lore and legend with a selection of recipes, covering traditional cuisine and new discoveries such as seaweeds that are twice as nutritious as kale and taste just like bacon. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 176 pages, 60 illustrations, 40 in colour. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 120. .
Seaweed is both the world's oldest and newest superfood. As a food, seaweeds are now more associated with the East than with the West, yet they have long been eaten in many parts of the world, including Europe and the Americas. Mistakenly thought of today as a forage food for the poor, in ancient times seaweed was highly prized, a delicacy reserved for royalty in Japan, China, Korea and the Pacific Islands. Driven by the growing limitations of land resources, the search for new sustainable foods, pharmaceuticals and other products is turning to seaweeds - the world's last great renewable ... Read more
Seaweed is both the world's oldest and newest superfood. As a food, seaweeds are now more associated with the East than with the West, yet they have long been eaten in many parts of the world, including Europe and the Americas. Mistakenly thought of today as a forage food for the poor, in ancient times seaweed was highly prized, a delicacy reserved for royalty in Japan, China, Korea and the Pacific Islands. Driven by the growing limitations of land resources, the search for new sustainable foods, pharmaceuticals and other products is turning to seaweeds - the world's last great renewable ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Edible
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780237534
SKU
V9781780237534
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Kaori O´connor
Kaori O'Connor is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, University College London.
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