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How Carrots Won the Trojan War: Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables
Rebecca Rupp
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Paperback, 376 pages; 2011
$14.95
 Members' Price: $12.71
Be you gardener or health nut, history buff or lover of literary curiosities, you're sure to find How Carrots Won the Trojan War deliciously satisfying fare. Fact filled and remarkably entertaining, this collection of "curious (but true) stories of common vegetables" engagingly presents countless veggie-centric anecdotes organized into chapters by vegetable--including chapter one "in which asparagus seduces the King of France"; chapter twelve "in which onions offend Don Quixote"; chapter fifteen "in which potatoes baffle the conquistadors"; and many more. Even if you've never liked eating your vegetables, you can enjoy reading about them!
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