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Introduction

Against the Grain

Lentils and Countercultural Eating on the Palouse, 1916-2024

In 1989, Pullman, Washington, was named the Lentil Capital of…

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100 Recipes to Destroy the Government

Over the last several decades, activists have been drawn toward plant-based diets for various reasons. For instance, Elijah Muhammad, leader of the…

Contributors: Talea Anderson, Will Gregg, Joleen Warner

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Tase T. Lentil

Today, lentils continue to appeal to people trying to reimagine the future of food. Pound for pound, raw lentils have more protein than steak while…

Contributors: Talea Anderson, Will Gregg, Joleen Warner

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Going Back to the Earth

Young people who were questioning everything about Western society came to embrace vegetarianism, Eastern philosophy, and back-to-the-earth…

Contributors: Talea Anderson, Will Gregg, Joleen Warner

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Lentils Will Win the War

Interest in lentils peaked in the United States during the world wars when meat, dairy, wheat, and other products became strictly rationed. Cookbooks…

Contributors: Talea Anderson, Will Gregg, Joleen Warner

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Seventh-day Adventists Bring Lentils to the Palouse

In 1916, an Adventist church member—J.J. Wagner—planted the first crop of lentils on the Palouse. Wagner grew Persian-style lentils and threshed them…

Contributors: Talea Anderson, Will Gregg, Joleen Warner

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