Rice Trails: A Journey through the Ricelands of Asia & Australia by Tony Wheeler

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By Tony Wheeler and Richard I'Anson

Rice is the world's most important food (in calories consumed it's number one) but also the most beautiful. Whether it's dropping down a hillside in the Philippines, China or Indonesia, each step a little masterpiece of artistic perfection, or sweeping across laser-leveled 'bays' in pancake-flat Australia, it's always stunning.

Every step from field to plate has a story to tell of planting, growing, harvesting, processing, trading, consuming or simply celebrating.

Scientifically rice was a keystone in the 1960s 'green revolution,' the great leap forward which banished the centuries old spectre of famine in Asia. Rice Trails tells the fascinating story.

Publisher : Lonely Planet; First edition. (February 1, 2004)
Language : English
Hardcover : 160 pages
ISBN-10 : 174104309-3
ISBN-13 : 978-17-4-104309-9
Item Weight : 2.62 pounds
Dimensions : 11.75 x 0.75 x 9.5 inches