Bean books bounty

Nice coincidence to get notice of two separate books on beans on the same day. The Fundación Herdez A.C. has El Frijol available for download from its website. Looks very thorough; and free. But in Spanish. Probably on the more popular side, you can also buy Ken Albala’s Beans: A History. Though I’ve just noticed this was actually published a few years ago. Nevermind.

One Reply to “Bean books bounty”

Thanks , Dear Dr. Luigi
You was actually published a few years ago , ,really I read many thing .
but this in spanish we can not read.

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