Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index.
Contents
Introduction: falling for corn -- The origins of corn -- Corn emigrates -- The kernel, corn's fruit -- Spring planning and choosing seed -- Corn is food from flower to flour -- Popcorn and flint corn -- Dent corn and flour corn -- Breaking ground -- Growth of the corn plant -- Flowering of the corn plant -- The cornfield -- Harvest and storage -- Preparing grain corn for cooking -- Onto the plate -- Producing your own corn seed -- Soon the snow flies.
Summary
From seed to plate - the seasons of a remarkable crop.