Avocado : a global history
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Avocado : a global history
（Edible / series editor, Andrew F. Smith）
Reaktion Books, 2020
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Description
The avocado is the iconic food of the twenty-first century. It has gone from a little-known regional
food to a social media darling in less than a hundred years. This is an astounding trajectory for a fruit
that isn't sweet, becomes bitter when it is cooked and has perhaps the oddest texture of any fruit or vegetable. But the idea that this rich and delicious fruit is also healthy despite being fatty and energy-dense gives it unicorn status among modern eaters, especially millennials.
Through lively anecdotes, colourful pictures and delicious recipes, Jeff Miller explores the meteoric rise of the avocado, from its co-evolution with the megaherbivores of the Pleistocene to its acceptance by the Spanish conquistadores in Mexico and its current dominance of food consumers' imagination.
Table of Contents
1 The History of the Avocado
2 Growing Avocados
3 Selling an Odd, but Nutritious, Fruit
4 Eating Avocados and Other Uses
Appendix: Types of Avocado
Recipes
References
Further Reading
Websites and Associations
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"
