The world of soy / edited by Christine M. Du Bois, Chee-Beng Tan and Sidney W. Mintz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Du Bois, Christine M., 1962-

Tan, Chee-Beng.

Mintz, Sidney W. (Sidney Wilfred), 1922-2015.

Series:

Food series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soyfoods.

Cooking (Soybeans).

Food habits.

Physical Description:

viii, 337 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]

Summary:

As the most ecologically efficient and economical source of complete protein in human food, soy is gradually attracting more use in the American diet for its nutritional and financial value. Derived from soybean plants-the leading export crop of the United States and the world's most traded crop-soy produced for human consumption is part of a global enterprise affecting the likes of farmers, economists, dieticians, and grocery shoppers. An international group of expert food specialists-including an agricultural economist, an agricultural sociologist, a former Peace Corps development expert, and numerous food anthropologists and agricultural historians-discusses important issues central to soy production and consumption: genetically engineered soybeans, increasing soybean cultivation, soyfood marketing techniques, the use of soybeans as an important soil restorative, and the rendering of soybeans for human consumption.

Contents:

Introduction : the significance of soy / Sidney W. Mintz, Chee-Beng Tan, Christine M. Du Bois

Legumes in the history of human nutrition / Lawrence Kaplan

Early uses of soybean in Chinese history / H. T. Huang

Fermented beans and western taste / Sidney W. Mintz

Genetically engineered soy / Christine M. Du Bois, Ivan Sergio Freire de Sousa

Tofu and related products in Chinese foodways / Chee-Beng Tan

Tofu feasts in Sichuan cuisine / Jianhua Mao

Fermented soybean products and Japanese standard taste / Erino Ozeki

Fermented soyfoods in South Korea : the industrialization of tradition / Katarzyna J. Cwiertka, Akiko Moriya

Tofo in Vietnamese life / Can Van Nguyen

Soyfoods in Indonesia / Myra Sidharta

Social context and diet : changing soy production and consumption in the United States / Christine M. Du Bois

Soybeans and soyfoods in Brazil, with notes on Argentina : sketch of an expanding world commodity / Ivan Sergio Freire de Sousa, Rita de Cássia Milagres Teixeira Vierira

Soy in Bangladesh : history and prospects / Christine M. Du Bois

Soybeans and soybean products in West Africa : adoption by farmers and adaption to foodways / Donald Z. Osborn

Conclusion : Soy's dominance and destiny / Christine M. Du Bois, Sidney W. Mintz

Appendixes : A. Scientific names for plants and edible fungi

B. More on tofu in Chengdu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252033414

0252033418

OCLC:

177019229