{"product_id":"beans-4","title":"Beans","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the bean, the staple food cultivated by humans for over 10,000 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the lentil to the soybean, every civilization on the planet has cultivated its own species of bean. The humble bean has always attracted attention - from Pythagoras' notion that the bean hosted a human soul to St. Jerome's indictment against bean-eating in convents (because they \"tickle the genitals\"), to current research into the deadly toxins contained in the most commonly eaten beans.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOver time, the bean has been both scorned as \"poor man's meat\" and praised as health-giving, even patriotic. Attitudes to this most basic of foodstuffs have always revealed a great deal about a society. Featuring a new preface from author Ken Albala, \u003cem\u003eBeans: A History\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader on a fascinating journey across cuisines and cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Livre numérique Kobo","offer_id":46377006170322,"sku":"5a7c0db5-a2a9-3a0f-81e1-c2669d8c3e0d","price":26.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_f90b4457-cb5d-4338-88ce-28e9004fc6f4.jpg?v=1762705970","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/beans-4","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}