Planet palm : how palm oil ended up in everything-and endangered the world /
Zuckerman, Jocelyn C.,
Planet palm : how palm oil ended up in everything-and endangered the world / Jocelyn C. Zuckerman. - 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: Oil crisis -- Unguent of empire. Goldie goes in ; the flavor of home ; The Napoleon of soap ; Playboys of the South China Sea -- Something's rotten. Silent summers ; Caravan dreams ; The world is fat ; Smog over Singapore -- Fate of a fruit. Nutella and other smears ; Fight the power -- Epilogue: Post-pandemic palm.
"Jocelyn C. Zuckerman spent years traveling the globe, from Liberia to Indonesia, India to Brazil, reporting on the human and environmental impacts of this poorly understood plant. The result is Planet Palm, a riveting account blending history, science, politics, and food as seen through the people whose lives have been upended by this hidden ingredient. This groundbreaking work of first-rate journalism compels us to examine the connections between the choices we make at the grocery store and a planet under siege"--
9781620975237 1620975238
2020057136
GBC142910 bnb
020134772 Uk
Palms--Utilization.
Palm oil.
Palm products.
Planet palm : how palm oil ended up in everything-and endangered the world / Jocelyn C. Zuckerman. - 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: Oil crisis -- Unguent of empire. Goldie goes in ; the flavor of home ; The Napoleon of soap ; Playboys of the South China Sea -- Something's rotten. Silent summers ; Caravan dreams ; The world is fat ; Smog over Singapore -- Fate of a fruit. Nutella and other smears ; Fight the power -- Epilogue: Post-pandemic palm.
"Jocelyn C. Zuckerman spent years traveling the globe, from Liberia to Indonesia, India to Brazil, reporting on the human and environmental impacts of this poorly understood plant. The result is Planet Palm, a riveting account blending history, science, politics, and food as seen through the people whose lives have been upended by this hidden ingredient. This groundbreaking work of first-rate journalism compels us to examine the connections between the choices we make at the grocery store and a planet under siege"--
9781620975237 1620975238
2020057136
GBC142910 bnb
020134772 Uk
Palms--Utilization.
Palm oil.
Palm products.