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Title: WHY SOME LIKE IT HOT
FOOD, GENES AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY
By: Gary Paul Nabhan
Format: Paperback

List price: £15.99


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ISBN 10: 1597260916
ISBN 13: 9781597260916
Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
Pub. date: 7 June, 2006
Pages: 232
Description: In "Why Some Like It Hot," award-winning natural historian Gary Paul Nabhan offers a view of genes, diets, ethnicity, and place that will forever change the way readers understand human health and cultural diversity. 1-55963-466-9$24.00 / Island Press
Synopsis: Natural historian Gary Paul Nabhan takes us on a culinary odyssey to solve the puzzles posed by the 'ghosts of evolution' hidden within every culture and its traditional cuisine. We learn how various ethnic cuisines formerly protected their traditional consumers from both infectious and nutrition-related diseases.
Publication: US
Imprint: Island Press
Returns: Returnable
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