I quibbled with myself a lot about what to rate this, but I finally came down in the middle because there were a lot of bits I found enjoyable and informative, even when there were a lot of others that didn't really work for me.The problem is that the book is quite uneven. The earlier parts, particu...
I think this may be the first non-Reaktion food history I've read this year. Very enjoyable. It made me hungry for chili, which is good in a book about beans. And I did make chili, and it was good. (Let's not get into whether or not beans belong in chili, strictly speaking. They go in my chili, and ...