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 on the planet.

Precious Cargo: How Foods From the Americas Changed The World-P2P

ISBN: 1619023091 | 2014 | EPUB | 256 pages | 28 MB