Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780802142016 (080214201X)
Publish date: March 10th 2005
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
A very entertaining but slight exploration of the role that vanilla has played in modern day life. There are stories of how it's grown and processed, the rather cutthroat trade in vanilla today, and some serious questions. I could have wished that there had been some maps and illustrations included ...
I love when a book teaches me something and this was just such a book! The author takes you on a trip around the world to find out the history of vanilla and economics that surround it and let me tell you, who never knew vanilla was such a cutthroat business! Easy to read and well written, this one ...
12 years ago
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