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 Author Name: Ecott, Tim.
Title: Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid.
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good in Very Good DJ
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press 2004
ISBN Number: 0802117759 / 9780802117755
Seller ID: 111144
Hardcover with dust jacket. 278 pages. 6.3" x 9.25". Price on DJ is $24.00. # line 10 to 1.
From DJ: "A thrilling journey from Mexico to Madagascar, Vanilla is the fascinating story of nature's most exotic and sensual plant and how it produces the world's most popular flavor. From the islands of Tahiti to the botanical gardens of London and Paris, Ecott traces the story of the vanilla plant and its secretive trade, from the golden cups of Aztec emperors to the ice-cream dishes of U.S. presidents. Vanilla has mystified and tantalized man for centuries. The only orchid that produces an agriculturally valuable crop, vanilla can mask unpleasant tastes and smells, but also makes pleasant tastes stronger, smoother, and longer lasting. With over four hundred separate flavor components, choosing premium-quality vanilla beans is as complex as judging the aroma and taste of fme wine. Vanilla finds its way into over half of all dessert products sold worldwide, including ice cream and chocolate mousse; the finest perfumes; well-known brands of rum and vodka; and even Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Americans consume more vanilla than anyone else on Earth - a fact that has helped drive the price of vanilla beans and flavor extracts to an all-time high. The traders who travel the world in search of America's favorite flavor are a small and secretive elite; as a result, growers have been forced to mount armed guard over their plants in the tropical jungle. For centuries, the secret of how to pollinate the vanilla orchid remained a botanical mystery. Outside its native Mexico, it would not flower. Only in 1841 was the riddle solved by a twelve-year-old slave boy on a French island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. His discovery - le geste l'edmonde - created an industry, but he died in poverty, his health ruined by a spell in prison he didn't deserve. From Papantla in Mexico- "the city that perfumed the world" -to the South Seas, to Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands, Vanilla is a globe-trotting adventure that follows buccaneers, aristocrats, and gourmets, all in search of the Ice Cream Orchid."
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