[Sca-cooks] International Year of the Potato was Rumpolt's Earth Apples

[Johnna Holloway]

And there's a new volume coming out--

Propitious Esculent: The Potato in World History  by John Reader.
Due out in June or July 2008.
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/catalog/book.htm?command=search&db=main.txt&eqisbndata=0434013188
It's out in the UK and been reviewed.
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/history/0,,2263377,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=10

Also -- Here's an interesting website: Potato Underground
Welcome to the Potato Underground! We're a group of potato-lovers 
<http://potatounderground.com/?page_id=2> who will dish up the inside 
scoop on all things "tater."
http://www.potatounderground.com/index.php/category/propitious-esculent/

Johnnae


> Would this be the wrong time to mention that 2008 is the International 
> Year
> of the Potato?
> http://www.napsnet.com/articles/58112.html
> http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/world/05/11/0511yearofpotato.html 
>
> http://media-newswire.com/release_1065348.html
> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/04/a-nice-green--8.html
>
> Johnnae