Research Catalog

Title

Seaweed : a global history / Kaori O'Connor.

Author

O'Connor, Kaori

Publication

• London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Description

190 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 21 cm.

Summary

Seaweed is both the world's oldest and its newest superfood. As a food, seaweeds are now more associated with the East than with the West, yet they have long been eaten in many parts of the world, including Europe and the Americas. Mistakenly thought of today as a forage food for the poor, in ancient times seaweed was highly prized, a delicacy reserved for royalty in Japan, China, Korea and the Pacific Islands. Illuminating seaweed's many benefits through a fascinating history of its culinary past, Seaweedtells a unique story that stretches along coastlines the world over. Combining myth, magic and science, Kaori O'Connor introduces readers to some of the 10,000 kinds of seaweed that grow on our planet, demonstrating how seaweed is both one of the world's last great renewable resources and a culinary treasure ready for rediscovery. Offering recipes that range from the traditional to the contemporary, and taking us from Asia to Europe to the Americas, O'Connor shows that seaweed is not only highly sustainable but extraordinarily nutritious - and delicious. -- Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Edible

Uniform Title

Edible

Subject

• Marine algae as food
• Marine algae > History
• Cooking (Marine algae)
• Marine algae
• Seegras
• Algen
• Ernährung
• Seetang

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- The beginnings : hiding in plain sight -- Seaweed in Japan -- Seaweed in China nd Korea -- Seaweed in the Pacific and the Americas -- Seaweed in Ireland, Wales, England, Scotland and Scandinavia -- Afterword : the future is seaweed.

ISBN

• 9781780237534
• 1780237537

OCLC

• 957507888
• SCSB-12090195

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library