num_pages: 256
description: Whether refried baked falafelled or complementing a nice Chianti the humble bean has long been a part of gourmet and everyday food culture around the globe. As Ken Albala shows though over its history the bean has enjoyed more controversy than its current ubiquity lets on. From the bean's status as seat of the soul (at least that's what Pythagoras thought) to seed of sin (or so said St. Jerome who forbade nuns to eat beans because they tickle the genitals) Beans is a ripping tale of a truly magical fruit.
language: English
title: Beans: A History
publisher: Bloomsbury Academic