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Chilies to chocolate : food the Americas gave the world. edited by Nelson Foster & Linda S. Cordell

Foster, Nelson Cordell, Linda S c1992

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Title:
Chilies to chocolate : food the Americas gave the world. edited by Nelson Foster & Linda S. Cordell
Author: Foster, Nelson;
Cordell, Linda S
Subjects: Produits agricoles -- Amérique;
Plantes cultivées -- Amérique;
Cultures vivrières -- Amérique;
Food crops -- America;
Food crops -- Origin
Description: Bibliogr. p. 169-174. Index
Europeans' wary encounter with tomatoes, potatoes, and other New World foods / Alan Davidson The renaissance of amaranth / Daniel K. Early --Vanilla : nectar of the gods / Patricia Rain Maize : gift from America's first peoples / Walton C. Galinat Beans of the Americas / Lawrence Kaplan and Lucille N. Kaplan The peripatetic chili pepper : diffusion of the domesticated Capsicums since Columbus / Jean Andrews Forgotten roots of the Incas / Noel Vietmeyer A brief history and botany of cacao / John A. West --Quinoa's roundabout journey to world use / John F. McCamant Native crops of the Americas : passing novelties or lasting contributions to diversity? / Gary Paul Nabhan Appendix : Food plants of American origin
Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1992
Creation Date: c1992
Format: 1 vol. (XVII-191 p.) ; 22 cm
Language: English

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