PRECIOUS CARGO: HOW FOODS FROM THE AMERICAS CHANGED THE WORLD
Book ID/图书代码： 08900015B77085
English Summary/英文概要： Precious Cargo tells the fascinating story of how western hemisphere foods conquered the globe and saved it from not only mass starvation, but culinary as well. Focusing heavily American foods—specifically the lowly crops that became commodities, plus one gobbling protein source, the turkey—Dewitt describes how these foreign and often suspect temptations were transported around the world, transforming cuisines and the very fabric of life on the planet.
Organized thematically by foodstuff, Precious Cargo delves into the botany, zoology and anthropology connected to new world foods, often uncovering those surprising individuals who were responsible for their spread and influence, including same traders, brutish conquerors, a Scottish millionaire obsessed with a single fruit and a British lord and colonial governor with a passion for peppers, to name a few.
Precious Cargo is a must read for foodies and historians alike.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《珍馐》讲述了西半球食品如何征服全球，不仅在大饥饿中幸免于难, 而且还从烹饪中脱颖而出的迷人故事。作者聚焦了大量美国食品, 特别是那些粗略的农作物成为大众食品, 加上一个容易消耗的蛋白质源, 火鸡。德威特描述了这些外国和时常受到质疑的食物，是如何传播到世界各地的, 它们改变了菜系和地球上的生命结构。
以食物为主题，《珍馐》深入研究了新世界食品相关的植物学、动物学和人类学，我们会惊讶地发现，那些对珍馐传播和影响负有责任的个人，包括同样的商人、野蛮的征服者、痴迷于单一水果的苏格兰百万富翁，以及对辣椒充满热情的英国统治者和殖民总督。
《珍馐》是美食家和历史学家们必读的一本美食读物。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况："An amazing journey...ultimately satisfying."—Kirkus
About the Author/作者介绍： 《珍馐》讲述了西半球食品如何征服全球，不仅在大饥饿中幸免于难, 而且还从烹饪中脱颖而出的迷人故事。作者聚焦了大量美国食品, 特别是那些粗略的农作物成为大众食品, 加上一个容易消耗的蛋白质源, 火鸡。德威特描述了这些外国和时常受到质疑的食物，是如何传播到世界各地的, 它们改变了菜系和地球上的生命结构。
以食物为主题，《珍馐》深入研究了新世界食品相关的植物学、动物学和人类学，我们会惊讶地发现，那些对珍馐传播和影响负有责任的个人，包括同样的商人、野蛮的征服者、痴迷于单一水果的苏格兰百万富翁，以及对辣椒充满热情的英国统治者和殖民总督。
《珍馐》是美食家和历史学家们必读的一本美食读物。(Sandy)
Dave Dewitt is the author or coauthor of 45 books combined with a 20-year career of editing food magazines. He is a nationally-known proponent of chile peppers and spicy foods and the founding producer of the major trade and consumer show for the industry, the National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show, now in its 25th year. He lives in New Mexico.
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English language, Counterpoint Press, 2014
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