Sex on the kitchen table : the romance of plants and your food
Ellstrand, Norman Carl2018
Books, Manuscripts
Main title:
Sex on the kitchen table : the romance of plants and your food / Norman C. Ellstrand ; illustrated by Sylvia M. Heredia.
Author:
Ellstrand, Norman Carl, authorHeredia, Sylvia M., illustrator
Imprint:
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Collation:
xii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The garden -- Recipe: garden soup-aka gazpacho -- Tomato: the plant sex manual -- Recipe: sweet and savory valentine pudding -- Banana: a life without sex -- Recipe: yes, we do have bananas! puffed pancake -- Avocado: timing is everything -- Recipe: avocado toast--it's not just for breakfast anymore -- Beet: philander (female) and philanderer (male) -- Recipe: a celebration of beet evolution -- Squash and more: sex without reproduction -- Recipe: transgenic-or not-tacos -- Epilogue: return to the garden.
ISBN:
9780226574752 (cloth alk paper)022657475X (cloth alk paper)9780226574899 (pbk alk paper)022657489X (pbk alk paper)9780226574929 (ebook)
Dewey class:
581.3
LC class:
QK825
Language:
English
BRN:
2411353