As January continues, I am forging ahead with my new Foodie Reads Challenge . I don't know where I picked up a copy of How Carrots Won the Trojan War by Rebecca Rupp*, but I'm so glad I had it on my nightstand this weekend. While the storms raged outside, I hunkered down with this book and a cup of tea...many cups of tea. On the Page... This is a fun, breezy read and it's all about vegetables! I love learning veggie fun facts. Did you know that in the 1990s, the US government subsidized the Peruvian asparagus crop to coerce farmers to stop growing coca, the material from which cocaine is produced? Did you know that Pliny the Elder touted bean-based remedies - "beans parched in vinegar are good for 'gripings of the bowels;' beans boiled with garlic are good for coughs; and even the ashes of beanstalks are useful for soothing sciatica"? Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was a cabbage lover and requested corned beef and cabbage...