In the vein of the bestselling Salt and Cod, a gripping chronicle of
the myth, mystery, and uncertain fate of the world.s most popular fruit

In this fascinating and surprising exploration of the banana.s history,
cultural significance, and endangered future, award-winning journalist
Dan Koeppel gives readers plenty of food for thought. Fast-paced and
highly entertaining, Banana takes us from jungle to supermarket, from
corporate boardrooms to kitchen tables around the world. We begin in
the Garden of Eden.examining scholars. belief that Eve.s .apple. was
actually a banana. and travel to early-twentieth-century Central America,
where aptly named .banana republics. rose and fell over the crop, while
the companies now known as Chiquita and Dole conquered the marketplace.
Koeppel then chronicles the banana.s path to the present, ultimately.and
most alarmingly.taking us to banana plantations across the globe that
are being destroyed by a fast-moving blight, with no cure in sight.and
to the high-tech labs where new bananas are literally being built in
test tubes, in a race to save the world.s most beloved fruit.

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