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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1992.Description: xvii, 191 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0816513015 (acid-free paper)
  • 9780816513017 (acid-free paper)
  • 0816513244 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 9780816513246 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 641.3/097 20
LOC classification:
  • SB176.A48 C45 1992
Other classification:
  • 48.12
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks SB176.A48C45 1992 1 Available 33710001083166

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.