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Feeding the People is out now!

Feeding the People is out now!

Jun 25, 2020 | News, Potatoes, Publication

My latest book, Feeding the People, has been published today by Cambridge University Press.

Recent Posts

  • Coronation Food
  • Discussing cookbooks on the Warwick History Hour
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  • More conversations about potatoes

Potato Quote

Nutritious plant, whole kingdoms sing they praise,
Thy root their food, thy fruit their thirst allays.

— Margaret Alexander, 1823. (She had invented a method for making wine out of potato apples—the inedible fruits of the potato plant)
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