Rick’s Quick List of Books about one Food

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v The Potato : How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World by Larry Zuckerman

v The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe

v Bananas: An American History by Virginia Scott Jenkins

v Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

v The Story of Corn by Betty Fussell

v Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization by Iain Gately

v Consider the Eel: A Natural and Gastronomic History by Richard Schweid

v Vanilla by Patricia Rain

v Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey - The Sweet Liquid God that Seduced the World
Holley Bishop  Free Press  April 2005

v Cheese: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Best
Max McCalman  Crown Publishing Group  August 2005

v Spice: The History of a Temptation Jack Turner August 2005 Random House Group

v Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776
Ian Williams  Avalon Publishing Group  July 2005

v Rum: The Epic Story of the Drink That Conquered the World
Charles A. Coulombe  Kensington Publishing Corporation  July 2005

v Dangerous Tastes: The Story of Spices Andrew Dalby University of California Press  October 2002

v Tequila: A Natural and Cultural History Ana G Valenzuela Zapata   University of Arizona Press  September 2004

v Salt: Grain of Life Pierre Laszlo  HarperCollins Publishers  June 2002

v Secrets of Saffron: The Vagabond Life of the World's Most Seductive spice Pat Willard   Beacon Press  April 2002

v Chewing Gum: The Fortunes of Taste Michael Redclift  Taylor & Francis, Inc. March 2004

v Tea: Addiction, Exploitation, and Empire Roy Moxham   Avalon Publishing Group  November 2004

v Primal Cheeseburger Elisabeth Rozin   Penguin Group (USA)  October 1994

v Bananas by Virginia Scott

v Chocolate : A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light by Mort Rosenblum

v Bittersweet : The Story of Sugar by Peter Macinnis

v Nature's Perfect Food (milk) by E. Melanie Dupuis

v Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History by Sidney W. Mintz