Index
Afghanistan 104
Africa 19, 35, 61, 102
Australia
chips/fries 61–2
introduction 35
slang 94
varieties 87
Bauhin, Caspar 27–8
Belgium
fries 61–3, 77, 78
introduction 24, 26
potato blight 36–7, 52
Bolivia 13, 14, 16, 19–20, 24
Bradley, Richard 56, 58
Burbank, Luther 73
Canada 35, 49, 81, 111, 116
chips/fries 61–2, 78
Québéc 63
China 70
introduction 35, 106
fries 106–7
genetically modified potatoes 109
recipes/dishes 102, 112, 123
chuño 12–14, 12, 13, 14, 18–19
Clusius, Carolus (Charles de l’Escluse) 26–7
‘couch potato’ 94, 95
Diderot, Denis 31
Drake, Francis 19, 24
Figueroa, William 99–100
Forester, John 31, 54
France
blight 36–7
chowder 66
fried potatoes 60–61, 63, 83
introduction 24, 28–33
Pommes duchesse 63–4
Franklin, Benjamin 32
Garcilaso de la Vega 16
genetically modified potatoes 76, 109, 110–11
Gerard, John 25–6, 26, 27, 54, 93
Germany (Prussia)
blight 36–7
dishes/products 54–7, 59, 62, 65–6, 68, 86–7
genetic engineered potatoes 109
introduction of potato 24, 30
Great Britain 7
introduction 24–6, 31, 38
blight 37–41, 44–7, 49–52
chips 61, 86
dishes/products 54, 56, 66, 69, 78, 82
slang 94–5
sweet potatoes 21–2
varieties 71
Inca 15, 16–18, 90, 91
India 79, 102, 109–10
introduction 35, 103
dishes/products 59, 103–4, 106, 110, 112, 117
International Year of the Potato 111
Ireland 59, 61, 67, 68, 86, 93–5
blight/famine 37–52
introduction 25, 31
pig fair 33
Japan 35, 69, 104, 106
Korea 35, 59, 85
Kroc, Ray 77–8
Lay, Herman W. 84
Linnaeus, Carl 27
McCain Foods Ltd 78, 83, 87
McNeill, William 20, 39
Mexico 19, 52, 70, 87, 88
dishes/recipes 63, 69, 70, 120, 121
Miró, Joan 93
Netherlands 36, 37, 57, 78, 81, 94, 106
New Zealand 35, 61, 62, 79, 87
Parmentier, Antoine-Augustin 31–3, 33
PepsiCo 85, 106
Peru 13–16, 18, 23, 24, 27, 90, 108
Pizarro, Francisco 15–16
Poland 27, 30, 59–60, 79
Poma de Ayala (Huamán Poma) 17, 18, 90
potato art 90–93, 99
potato beetle 110, 111, 111
potato blight/famine 36–52, 93
potato dishes/products/recipes
Aloo Gobee 117
baked potato 56
chorizo con papas 69, 70, 120, 121
chowders 9, 53, 66
dumplings 9, 64, 65
French fries/chips 61–2, 76–81, 87, 89, 100–1, 107, 108
gnocchi 64
hash browns 58, 59, 86
huevos con patatas 63, 120
Lyonnaise potatoes 59
mashed potatoes 8, 9, 98, 58, 63, 64, 68, 69, 87, 89, 94, 107, 117
Pommes de Terre Souflées 116
Pommes duchesse 63
potato chips/crisps 61, 81, 82, 84–7, 89, 107
latkes 58–9
Nikujaga 69, 69
patatas bravas 70
potato bread 68
potato cake 59, 60, 68, 70, 115
potato chips/crisps 81–6, 89
potato flour 68, 71, 73
potato frittata 119
potato fritters 58–9
potato head 96–7
Potatoes O’Brien 59
potato pancakes 59, 63, 122
potato salad 57–8, 58, 124
potato scallop 70, 116
potato soup 32, 47, 48, 67, 87, 67, 125
potato starch 32, 71, 73, 106, 122, 123
Poutine 63, 79
Pringles 85, 87
puffed potatoes 116
Rösti 58, 59, 112
shredded potatoes 121
soda 8
stews 9, 13, 18, 66
Tagine 69
Tater Tots 86–7
tattie howkers 95
tattie scones 69, 123
tortilla de patatas 70
Tu dou si 69, 70, 121
vichyssoise 67
potato history
culinary history 36–52
commercialization 53–89
cultural history 53–70
domestication 10–20
early dissemination 21–35
famine 36–52
state of 102–13
potato slang 64, 68, 94
potato varieties 73, 74, 75
Andigena 11, 19, 23
Early Rose 74
Estima 71
Harmony 71
Jersey Royal 72
Marfona 71
Osprey 71
Russet Burbank 71, 72, 75, 77, 80, 81
Vivaldi 71 see also genetically modified potatoes
Proctor & Gamble 85, 111
Quayle, Dan 99–100
Raleigh, Sir Walter 25, 38, 39
Rumford, Count see Thompson, Benjamin
Rumpolt, Marx 53–4
Russia (former Soviet Union) 24, 35–7, 60, 103, 108, 124
Belarusian 59
Ukraine 30, 59
Salaman, Redcliffe 19, 23
Scotland 31, 37, 38, 40, 49, 69, 95
Simplot, J. R. 78, 106
Soyer, Alexis 47–8
Spain 70, 90
cookery 63
first contact 15, 16, 18–21
introduction 23–4
spudguns 97, 98
sweet potato 22–3, 22
Swift, Jonathan 41
Thompson, Benjamin (Count Rumford) 57, 65, 67
United States 25, 35, 111
blight 36, 42, 46, 49, 50, 52
dishes/products 57, 61–63, 68, 76, 78–81, 84–7
varieties 75
Van Gogh, Vincent 92–3, 93
Vavilov, Nicolai 108
Vietnam 79, 102
Wiegelmann, Günter 53–4