Potatoes (Food)

by Dorothy Turner (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1988

  $3.27

  This series introduces younger children to aspects of everyday foods by means of text and step-by-step recipes. Taking the theme of a familiar food, each book examines the reasons why we eat it, how and where it is grown, its nutritional value and its historical background. This book looks at the different types of potato, where they come from, where they grow and why they are important to our diet. There is an historical section describing how potatoes were first grown in South America, and for many years were considered to be fit only for feeding animals. The way potatoes are grown and harvested is discussed and there is a section on some potato products and the production process. Simple instructions on how to grow your own potatoes and how to make potato prints are included, together with some easy-to-make recipes.