{"product_id":"the-true-story-of-vanilla-how-edmond-albius-made-history-hardcover","title":"The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e★ \"Moving and bittersweet...Discusses the reality of slavery and the racial violence and prejudice formerly enslaved individuals experienced.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBooklist, starred review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1841, a 12-year-old enslaved boy, Edmond Albius, made history when he discovered how to hand-pollinate vanilla plants using a bamboo twig.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUntil that time, only bees in Mexico could pollinate the plant--botanists couldn't figure out another way. With his master, Edmond travelled around Runion Island to share his technique, le geste d'Edmonde (Edmond's gesture), which is still in use today. Despite his important achievement, as an enslaved person Edmond didn't receive payment or recognition for his contribution to science, eventually dying in poverty after being freed from slavery in 1848. Today it is recognized that Edmond's method of pollination was key to bringing vanilla to the world, helped to create a billion-dollar industry and gave us the flavor we love to use in cooking, baking, medicine and, of course, ice cream.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe epub edition of this title is fully accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orca Book Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46583192912028,"sku":"9781459838444","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9781459838444.jpg?v=1774471474","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/the-true-story-of-vanilla-how-edmond-albius-made-history-hardcover","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}