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HISTORY:
Where Food Crops Originated

A lot of the food we take for granted wasn't even known to the Europeans until after the Columbian Exchange. When contact was made with the new world, a whole Cornucopia of new foods was introduced to the explorers, who would bring back these foods, and distribute them all over the world.

New World Foods		Old World Foods
Beans Cacao Corn Gourds Peanuts Peppers Pineapples Potatoes Pumpkins Squash Strawberries Sunflowers Tomatoes		Beets Broccoli Carrots Eggplant Lettuce Okra Onions Peas Radishes Wheat Yams

What about Herbs and Spices?

Some books to read:
And Everything Nice, The Story of Sugar, Spice, and Flavoring. Elizabeth K. Cooper, Harcourt Brace, 1966.
Peanuts, Popcorn, Ice Cream, Candy, and Soda Pop, and How They Began. Solveig Paulson Russell, Abingdon Press, 1970.

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HISTORY: Where Food Crops Originated

What about Herbs and Spices?

HISTORY:
Where Food Crops Originated