Portrait of Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (Image via Wikipedia- By François Dumont)

How Antoine Augustin Parmentier Tricked The World Into Loving Potatoes

The diligence of an 18th century French scientist was instrumental in making potatoes one of the most popular sources of food in the world

Andrew Martin
4 min readSep 23, 2021

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Potatoes are one of the most versatile and popular foods in the world. From french fries to mashed potatoes, and…

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Andrew Martin

Dabbler in history, investing & writing. Master’s degree in baseball history. Passionate about history, diversity, culture, sports, investing and crypto.