Dan Koeppel

In this fascinating exploration of the banana, award-winning journalist Dan Koeppel navigates across the planet and throughout history, telling the cultural and scientific story of the world's most ubiquitous fruit. The banana: convenient, cheap, tasty - a reliable, if plain, family favorite. Or so the average consumer might think. Koeppel debunks the myth of the ordinary banana, revealing its many mysteries and uncovering its shockingly endangered...