TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER PAGE I. THE GRASS WE CALL CORN....... 1 II. THE GRAIN OF THE GODS....... 10 III. WHAT CORN HAS DONE FOR CIVILIZATION . . 18 IV. THE STRANGE STORY OF THE POTATO .... 25 V. FIRST COUSINS OF THE SPUD...... 83 VI. THE MOST VALUABLE ROOT FOOD ..... 42 VII. FOODS OUR SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS LOVE ... 49 VIII. FOOD MADE FROM POISON....... 58 IX. THE STORY OF CHOCOLATE....... 67 X. THE TEA OF THE GAUCHOS....... 75 XI. PUMPKINS AND THEIR KIN....... 83 XII. WHO DOESN'T KNOW BEANS?...... 88 XIII. THE MIGHTY PEANUT........ 95 XIV. OUR EDIBLE WEEDS......... 101 XV. THE MOST USEFUL TREES....... 110 XVI. THE FRUIT OF HOSPITALITY...... 120 XVII. FRUITS THE ROSES GIVE US....... 126 XVIII. THE ORCHID THAT FLAVORS OUR CAKES . . . 138 XIX. FRUITS WE SELDOM SEE........ 144 XX. NUTS FOR DESSERT......... 172 XXI. STRANGE FOODS OF STRANGE PEOPLE . . . . 183 XXII. THE THANKSGIVING BIRD....... 189 APPENDIX—CHECK LIST OF ALL AMERICAN FOOD-PLANTS. DERIVATION AND MEANINGS OF PLANT NAMES. LIST OF AMERICAN FOOD ANIMALS........197-279 INDEX..............280-289