Lost Crops of the Incas : Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation

This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the potato's lead and become important contributors to the world's food supply. Some of these overlooked foods offer special advantages for developing nations, such as high nutritional quality and excellent yields. Many are adaptable to areas of the United States. Lost Crops of the Incas includes vivid color photographs of many of the crops and describes the authors' experiences in growing, tasting, and preparing them in different ways. This book is for the gourmet and gourmand alike, as well as gardeners, botanists, farmers, and agricultural specialists in developing countries. Table of ContentsFront MatterIntroductionPart I: Roots and TubersAchiraAhipaArracachaMacaMashuaMaukaOcaPotatoesUllucoYaconPart II: GrainsKaniwaKiwichaQuinoaPart III: LegumesBasulNunas- Popping BeansTarwiPart IV: VegetablesPeppersSquashes and Their RelativesPart V: FruitsBerriesCapuli CherryCherimoyaGoldenberry- Cape GooseberryHighland PapayasLucumaNaranjilla- LuloPacay- Ice-Cream BeansPassionfruitsPepinoTamarillo- Tree TomatoPart IV: NutsQuito PalmWalnutsA Selected ReadingsB Centers of Andean Crop ResearchC Research ContactsD Biographical Sketches of Panel MembersIndex of PlantsAdvisory Committee on Technology InnovationBOSTID PublicationsPicture Plates