Precious Cargo: How Foods from the Americas Changed the World

by Dave DeWitt

Book Overview

Precious Cargo tells the fascinating story of how western hemisphere foods conquered the globe and saved it from not only mass starvation, but culinary as well. Focusing heavily American foods--specifically the lowly crops that became commodities, plus one gobbling protein source, the turkey--Dewitt describes how these foreign and often suspect temptations were transported around the world, transforming cuisines and the very fabric of life...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619023091
• ISBN13: 9781619023093
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 10.1"