Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped The U.S. Heartland Mask and even a few fruits

and even a few fruits

the secret to healthy soil

and renewable energy and resources

and backpacker goulash to cake and ice cream

Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped The U.S. Heartland Mask and even a few fruitsFood historian Cynthia Clampitt pens the epic story of what happened when Mesoamerican farmers bred a nondescript grass into a staff of life so prolific, so protean, that it represents nothing less than one of humankind's greatest achievements. Blending history with expert reportage, she traces the disparate threads that have woven corn into the fabric of our diet, politics, economy, science, and cuisine. At the same time, she explores its future as a