Potato proponent passesPosted Sep 3rd 2005 6:04PM by Nick Vagnoni Nell I. Mondy, a biochemist and long-time potato expert and advocate, died last week in Ithaca, N.Y. In her 83 years, Mondy extolled a variety of the potato’s virtues such as it’s nutritional value, subtlties of flavor, and agricultural utility. Mondy spent roughly four decades as a professor of food and nutrition at Cornell before retiring in 1992. Along with touting the potato’s benefits, Mondy also drew attention to potential hazards such as concentrations of harmful chemicals or pesticides in potato skins. Her autobiography, You Never Fail Until You Stop Trying: The Story of a Pioneer Woman Chemist, was released in 2001. |
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