Potato Research

A food that I thoroughly enjoy and try to eat as much as I can is mashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes do not include very many ingredients. They include potatoes, garlic, and any other seasonings that you might choose to add to the dish to give it your own special flare. My interest lies in potatoes. I would like to know the history of potatoes, where they come from, other purposes they serve, and interesting dishes that include them. I think a good place to start this research would be with a book I found of Amazon titled 

Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent. This source seems as though it will give a very good explanation of the history of potatoes and will be very helpful for my research.

http://www.amazon.com/Potato-Propitious-Esculent-John-Reader/dp/0300171455/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1367435880&sr=1-3&keywords=potatoes