The tomato in America
Subtitle: early history, culture, and cookery
By: Andrew F. Smith.
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Cookery (Tomatoes); Tomatoes -- History.
Description: "Serious scholarly study traces biological origins of the tomato and evolution of human attitude toward its use from preconquest western South America, the Central America isthmus, and Mexico to 16th-century Europe. Then follows path of the tomato back across the Atlantic to 19th-century US. Also identifies another possible route for the tomato from the Caribbean to southeastern US. Drawn from scientific, medical, and historical works as well as traditional cookbooks"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-204) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The historical tomato; title: Historical recipes.