Precious cargo : how foods from the Americas changed the world / Dave DeWitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeWitt, Dave, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--America--History.

Food.

Food habits--America--History.

Food habits.

History.

America--Discovery and exploration.

America.

Discoveries in geography.

Physical Description:

399 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : Counterpoint, [2014]

Summary:

Chronicles the story of how western-hemisphere foods spread throughout the world, tracing the science and rise of everyday crops into commodities while examining the roles of pioneering individuals responsible for western food dominance.

Contents:

Part 1 Spanish Invasions and Strange Foods of the New World 15

Part 2 The Culinary Century: Turkish Wheat, Indian Chickens, and False Pepper 51

Part 3 Exotic, Strong, and Sometimes Intoxicating: New Drinks and Flavorings 95

Part 4 Venerous Roots, Poisonous Love Apples, and the King of Emits 147

Part 5 Of Kenkey. Chop, Piri-Piri, and the Testicle Tree 193

Part 6 Sir George and the Curry Diaspora 251

Part 7 The Fiery "Vegetable Civilizations" of Asia 297.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-386) and index.

ISBN:

1619023091

9781619023093

OCLC:

860756268