I just finished reading The food explorer: the true adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed what America eats, by Daniel Stone.
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Profile of botanist David Fairchild (1869-1954), who was responsible for introducing new crops and varietals to America, which changed eating and agricultural habits. Examines Fairchild's travels across the globe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the impact of his efforts on American food culture.