Download or read book Glass, Paper, Beans written by Leah Hager Cohen and published by Broadway Business. This book was released on 1997 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, we knew the origins of things: what piece of earth the potato on our dinner plate was grown in; who cobbled our shoes; from which well, spring, or rain barrel our water was dipped. This fascinating book traces the three simple commodities in the title on their geographic and semantic journey from Cohen's table in Somerville's Someday Cafe to their various points of origin.