· In his new biography, “Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man,” Mark Kurlansky spins a good yarn about an innovator he calls “a foodie in reverse,” a man who “loved food, loved to. · 'Birdseye': The Frozen Food Revolution Before locavores and the "slow food" movement, one man's invention radically transformed how (and what) we eat. In his new book, Mark Kurlansky shows us the. · Birdseye The Adventures of a Curious Man. Mark Kurlansky. • 7 Ratings; $; Although frozen foods made Birds Eye a household name, few were familiar with Clarence Birdseye ( ), developer of the fast-freezing process that became a multibillion-dollar international industry. In the first biography of the eccentric Brooklyn.
Buy a cheap copy of Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious book by Mark Kurlansky. While working as a fur trapper in Labrador, Canada, Clarence Birdseye encountered an age-old problem: bad food and an unappealing, unhealthy diet. However, he Free shipping over $ Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man. Birdseye.: Mark Kurlansky. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, May 8, - Biography Autobiography - pages. 10 Reviews. Break out the TV dinners! From the author who gave us Cod, Salt, and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor. Mark Kurlansky's work includes "Salt," a book about salt, and "Cod: a Biography of the Fish that Changed the World." He specializes in the mix of showmanship and small-bore scrutiny that.
Kurlansky (The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris, , etc.) places Birdseye in the same category as Thomas Edison: amateurs who got curious about a problem, played around with it (sometimes for years) and eventually figured it out. Birdseye had many more interests than frozen foods, writes the author; he invented, among other things, a kind of light bulb and even a whaling harpoon. Birdseye: the adventures of a curious man Item Preview the adventures of a curious man by Kurlansky, Mark. Birdseye, Clarence, , Frozen foods. Mark Kurlansky has done a wonderful job of detailing the life of Clarence Birdseye and the inventions that he created. The book is very readable and completely enjoyable. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in history, inventions, industrial figures or who is just plain curious about the invention of frozen foods.
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