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Tofu: A Culinary History (Russell Thomas) French Pastry and ends her journey inThe surprising, spicy story of this globe trotting vegetable protein staple. To the untrained eye, theres nothing as unexciting as tofu, normally regarded as a tasteless, beige, congealed mass of crushed, boiled soybeans. However, tofu more than stands up on its own. Reviled for decades as a vegetarian oddity, the brave, wobbly block has made a comeback. This global history of bean curd stretches from ancient creation myths and tomb paintings, via