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.
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