In the Devil's Garden
A Sinful History of Forbidden Food
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Word Count
88,000 words, Guess
Page Count
352 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveindevilsgardensi0000alle_i7r3
- Internet Archivedevilsgardensinf00alle_445
- ISBN-100345440161
- ISBN-139780345440167
- Goodreads363969
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- LibraryThing145431
- Library of Congress Control Number2002096003
- OCLC Control Number52223065
- Better World Books9780345440167
- Open LibraryOL9369730M
Classifications
- LCCTX631
- LCCTX631 .A45 2003
- LCCTX631 .A45 2002
Description
Among the foods thought to encourage lust, the love apple (now known as the tomato), wormed its way over pastas and into catsup. The morality of this fruit was questioned due to its similarity to a plant called the mandrake, which medieval people believed carried demonic spirits (Joan of Arc's alleged possession of a mandrake root was one of the crimes that sent her to the stake). The sin of sloth introduces the sad story of "The Lazy Root." English Protestants claimed that consuming potatoes induced idleness, particularly in the Irish, who soon adopted it as a staple of their diet. Yet their productivity and population growth was stunted only by the great potato famine of the 1840s. Filled with incredible history and bolstered by the authors travels to many of these exotic locales, "In the Devil's Garden" also features mouthwatering "forbidden" recipes from Adafinia with Matzo to the Virgin's Nipple ... showing just how much fun being bad can be. This is truly a delectable book that will be consumed by food lovers, culinary historians, amateur anthropologists, and armchair travelers alike. Bon appetit!
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