“I started writing this book because it seemed like a funny idea,” said Heidgerken. “But the more I researched it, the more I realized potatoes are nothing to joke about. Did you know the Incans worshipped a potato goddess called Axomamma? Also, if you look carefully at ancient cave paintings, many of them appear to be potatoes. Potatoes have been watching us since the beginning. Is it really a stretch to think they might be part of some grand, evolution-spanning master potato plan?”