Beans

Natalie Rachel Morris is a food systems instructor, food and culture scholar and trained culinarian. She is the founder of the award-winning farm and food directory Good Food Finder and works at Arizona State University. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

"Natalie Morris has condensed an incredible amount of bean information and history into one book. I want to both read several hundred more pages and get a pot simmering." - Carey Polis, Digital Director, Bon Appétit"Beans by Natalie Rachel Morris is the history you never knew you needed. It’s thorough, a little gossipy, and a lot of fun. Many people have taken beans for granted but Morris gives them a deservedly royal treatment and I imagine it would be hard not to find a passion for your legumes after reading this loving tribute." - Steve Sando, founder of Rancho Gordo and co-author of Heirloom Beans"Beans is a concise and colourful introduction to valuable foods that are too often taken for granted." - OxVeg News

• Introduction1 Bean Botany2 Bean Beginnings3 Bean Cultures4 The Lore and Literature of a Bean5 Bean Cuisines6 The Bean of TomorrowRecipesReferences Select BibliographyWebsites and AssociationsAcknowledgementsPhoto AcknowledgementsIndex