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Blue Corn and Chocolate: 175 Deliciously Various Recipes Featuring New World Products

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Barbara Balch Ilustrador. First Edition. How many of us still believe that the potato originated in Ireland? That the Mediterranean, and particularly Italy, is the ancestral hearth of the tomato and its tradition of savory sauces? That the fiery chile pepper is an ancient and enduring part of the cuisines of India and Southeast Asia? That the pineapple is as native to Hawaii as chocolate is to Vienna? We believe such things for the good reason that these foods have become very heavily identified with certain cuisines and certain areas of the world. But before the fateful day in 1492, these foods, and many more, were not known and could not have been known to any but the inhabitants of the New World, for it was here that they originated and here that they were utilized exclusively. They include corn, tomatoes, potatoes, the capsicum peppers, many kinds of beans, squashes, and pumpkins, turkey, pineapple, chocolate and vanilla, peanuts and pecans. As European explorers returned, they took these new and exotic products with them to every corner of the Old World, and it was not long before New World foods were changed and adapted to fit into traditional cuisines, adding original and valuable dimensions, to the nutritional and gastronomic experience. But that was only the beginning of the story, for these new foods, venturing forth to unknown lands, were transformed and refashioned along the way. Then they came back to their native shores, brought by the many immigrants who settled America, dressed up in new seasonings, prepared with a variety of new techniques, remodeled and reworked through the traditions of their adopted cuisines. And once they had returned to their original homeland, they were transformed yet again, to fit into the shifting patterns of an emergent American cuisine. 297 pages. Dust jacket has light fading to spine edge. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Illustrator: Barbara Balch. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Cookery, Food & Wine; Cooking, Wine & Dining; ISBN: 0091770106. ISBN/EAN: 9780091770105. Inventory No: 276903. Nº de ref. del artículo: 276903

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