Chilies to chocolate : food the Americas gave the world / edited by Nelson Foster & Linda S. Cordell.
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TextPublication details: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1992.Description: xvii, 191 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0816513244 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
- 0816513015 (acid-free paper)
- SB176.A48 C45 1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-174) and 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.