Anthropology of Food

to Sweet Treats around the World

• Bruman. Henry. The Culture History of Mexican Vanilla. The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Aug., 1948), pp. 360-376.
  
  
• Crosby Jr., Alfred W. The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492, 30th Anniversary Edition. Westport, CT: Praeger Publichers, 2003.
  
  
• Edmond Albius, the Slave who launched the Vanilla Industry -- African Heritage (14 November 2013)
  
  
• The History of Vanilla -- Rodelle
  
  
• Rain, Patricia. Vanilla: The Cultural History of the World's Favorite Flavor and Fragrance. London: Penguin, 2004.
  
  
• These 5 crops are still hand-harvested, and it's hard work -- MPR (03 September 2014)
  
  
• The Vanilla of French Polynesia -- SeaSemester, Jackie Conese, 2011
  
  
• Tahitian Vanilla Originated in Maya Forests, Says Univ of California Riverside Botanist EurekAlert (8/21/08)
  
  
  • Tahitian Vanilla Originated In Maya Forests, Says Botanist Science Daily (8/25/08)
    
    
• Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne. A History of Food. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons/Blackwell 2009.
  
  
• Vanilla -- Wikibooks Cookbook
  
  
• Vanilla -- Robert John Lancashire, The Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
  
  
• Vanilla planifolia (vanilla) -- Kew Royal Botanical Gardens

Vanilla planifolia - flower
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Drawing of Vanilla from the Florentine Codex
(ca. 1580)
and description of its use and properties written in the Nahuatl language
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