Stone, Daniel

Food Explorer: the True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanis…

by Stone, Daniel

0 Type: Book

David Fairchild, a young botanist with an insatiable lust to explore and experience the world, set out in search of foods that would enrich the American farmer and enchant the American eater. Fairchild's finds weren't just limited to food: From Egypt he sent back a variety of co…

The food explorer: the true adventures of the globe-trotting botanis…

by Stone, Daniel

0 Type: Book

The true adventures of David Fairchild (1869-1954), a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes - and thousands more - to the American plate

The Food Explorer

by OverDrive, Inc, Stone, Daniel

0 Type: Book

The true adventures of David Fairchild, a turn-of-the-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes ? and thousands more?to the American plate. "Fascinating." ?The New York Times Book Review "Fast-paced adventur…