The Resource Precious cargo : how foods from the Americas changed the world, Dave DeWitt
Precious cargo : how foods from the Americas changed the world, Dave DeWitt
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The item Precious cargo : how foods from the Americas changed the world, Dave DeWitt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "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. Organized thematically by foodstuff, Precious Cargo delves into the botany, zoology and anthropology connected to new world foods, often uncovering those surprising individuals who were responsible for their spread and influence, including same traders, brutish conquerors, a Scottish millionaire obsessed with a single fruit and a British lord and colonial governor with a passion for peppers, to name a few. Precious Cargo is a must read for foodies and historians alike"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (399 pages)
- Contents
-
- Spanish invasions and strange foods of the new world
- The culinary century: Turkish wheat, Indian chickens, and false pepper
- Exotic, strong, and sometimes intoxicating: new drinks and flavorings
- Venerous roots, poisonous love apples, and the king of fruits
- Of Kenkey, chop, piri-piri, and the testicle tree
- Sir George and the curry diaspora
- The fiery "vegetable civilizations" of Asia
- Isbn
- 9781619023888
- Label
- Precious cargo : how foods from the Americas changed the world
- Title
- Precious cargo
- Title remainder
- how foods from the Americas changed the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Dave DeWitt
- Subject
-
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- Discoveries in geography
- History
- America -- Discovery and exploration
- America
- Electronic book
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- Food habits -- America -- History
- Food habits
- Food -- America -- History
- Food
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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. Organized thematically by foodstuff, Precious Cargo delves into the botany, zoology and anthropology connected to new world foods, often uncovering those surprising individuals who were responsible for their spread and influence, including same traders, brutish conquerors, a Scottish millionaire obsessed with a single fruit and a British lord and colonial governor with a passion for peppers, to name a few. Precious Cargo is a must read for foodies and historians alike"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- DeWitt, Dave
- Dewey number
- 306.420890091734
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN407.4
- LC item number
- .D48 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Food
- Food habits
- America
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Discoveries in geography
- Food
- Food habits
- America
- Label
- Precious cargo : how foods from the Americas changed the world, Dave DeWitt
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Spanish invasions and strange foods of the new world -- The culinary century: Turkish wheat, Indian chickens, and false pepper -- Exotic, strong, and sometimes intoxicating: new drinks and flavorings -- Venerous roots, poisonous love apples, and the king of fruits -- Of Kenkey, chop, piri-piri, and the testicle tree -- Sir George and the curry diaspora -- The fiery "vegetable civilizations" of Asia
- Control code
- 884645797
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (399 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781619023888
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 80ac439c-1489-491c-a7ea-011229b532fd
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)884645797
- Label
- Precious cargo : how foods from the Americas changed the world, Dave DeWitt
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Spanish invasions and strange foods of the new world -- The culinary century: Turkish wheat, Indian chickens, and false pepper -- Exotic, strong, and sometimes intoxicating: new drinks and flavorings -- Venerous roots, poisonous love apples, and the king of fruits -- Of Kenkey, chop, piri-piri, and the testicle tree -- Sir George and the curry diaspora -- The fiery "vegetable civilizations" of Asia
- Control code
- 884645797
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (399 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781619023888
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 80ac439c-1489-491c-a7ea-011229b532fd
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)884645797
Subject
- America
- America -- Discovery and exploration
- Discoveries in geography
- Electronic book
- Food
- Food -- America -- History
- Food habits
- Food habits -- America -- History
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
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