Burt Wolf-- what we eat

Alternate Titles

• What we eat.
• Native American influence

Description

Four episodes from a 13-part series that explores the changes in the way people ate when Christopher Columbus made his voyages and opened up the exchange of plants and animals between the Old World and the New. Pt. 1 looks at how cheese is made and the role women played in the industry's development. Pt. II looks at the discovery of coffee, its ability to control the economy of major nations and its role in the American and French Revolutions. Pt. III looks at the history of the foods of the Mediterranean and how they affected people in Europe and the Americas. Pt. IV looks at the importation of winemaking skills to America by the Spanish colonists.

Description

Three episodes from a 13-part series that explores the changes in the way people ate when Christopher Columbus made his voyages and opened up the exchange of plants and animals between the Old World and the New. Pt. VII follows the history of chocolate from its importance to the Mayan culture, its arrival in Spain and its development by the Europeans to what it is today. Pt. IX looks at how the potato fed an exploding populations that provided wokers for the Industrial Revolution, how it caused a population rxplosion in Ireland, killed a million Irish when the crop failed, and follows the immigration of a million Irish to America. Pt. X looks at the cultivation of corn; how the Native Americanns planted and fertilized their crops.

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Other Editions

• Burt Wolf-- what we eat: Disc two : African influenceVideo RecordingAmbrose Video2003-01-01
• Burt Wolf-- what we eatVideo RecordingAmbrose Video2003
• What we eat.,Video RecordingAmbrose Video2003-01-01
• What we eat.Video RecordingAmbrose Video2003-01-01