Tomatoes, potatoes, corn, and beans : how the foods of the Americas changed eating around the world / by Sylvia A. Johnson ; illustrated with archival prints and photographs.
Publication Info.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [1997]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-127) and index.
Contents
Maize : the American grain -- Beans : new varieties from a new world -- Peppers : hot and sweet -- Peanuts : from the Americas to Africa and back again -- Potatoes : buried treasure -- Tomatoes : forbidden fruit -- Chocolate : food of the gods -- Other foods from the Americas.
Summary
Describes many foods native to the Americas, including corn, peppers, peanuts, and chocolate, which were taken to Europe and used in new ways around the world.