01945cam a2200361 i 4500 1502829817 TxAuBib 20240815120000.0 190218t20192018||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017030324 9781101990599 paperback 1101990597 paperback TxAuBib rda Stone, Daniel, 1985-, author, (Daniel Evan.) The food explorer : the true adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed the American dinner table / Daniel Stone. New York : Dutton Books, 2019. ©2018. xvi, 397 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Chance encounters -- One thousand dollars -- East of Suez -- Guest and protégé -- The listless Pacific -- One cause, one country -- Crossing countries -- Alligator pears -- Grapes of a Venetian monk -- Citrus maxima -- Lemons, leaves, and the dawn of new light -- On the banks of the Tigris -- Bell's grand plan -- A brain awhirl -- Cherry trees with no cherries -- The urge to walk -- Outlaws, brigands, and murderers -- Fly the coop -- Sad and mad and so utterly unnecessary -- Wij zijn Amerikanen -- Epilogue. The true adventures of David Fairchild, 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. 20240815. Fairchild, David, 1869-1954. Botanists United States Biography. Food habits United States History. Biographies. fast T3F