In the vein of Mark Kurlansky\'s bestselling Salt and Cod, a gripping chronicle of the myth, mystery, and uncertain Fate of the World s most popular Fruit In this fascinating and surprising exploration of the banana s history, cultural significance, and endangered future, award-winning journalist Dan Koeppel gives readers plenty of food for thought.
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Koeppel then chronicles the banana s path to the present, ultimately and most alarmingly taking us to banana plantations across the globe That are being destroyed by a fast-moving blight, with no cure in sight and to the high-tech labs where new bananas are literally being built in test tubes, in a race to save the World s most beloved fruit.
We begin in the Garden of Eden examining scholars belief That Eve s apple was actually a banana and travel to early-twentieth-century Central America, where aptly named banana republics rose and fell over the crop, while the companies now known as Chiquita and Dole conquered the marketplace.
Fast-paced and highly entertaining, Banana takes us from jungle to supermarket, from corporate boardrooms to kitchen tables around the world.
In the vein of Mark Kurlansky\'s bestselling Salt and Cod, a gripping chronicle of the myth, mystery, and uncertain Fate of the World s most popular Fruit In this fascinating and surprising exploration of the banana s history, cultural significance, and endangered future, award-winning journalist Dan Koeppel gives readers plenty of food for thought
