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Of Grains and Men – Farming, Society, and Quinoa – Part 2

While people were busy domesticating maize, beans and squash in Central America, inhabitants of the Andes highlands in areas of Peru and Bolivia began manipulating their own local plants, including quinoa (pronounced “keen-wa” or “kee-noo-ah”). Scientists have identified domesticated quinoa seeds in the Peruvian Andes dating to 3000 B.C. Quinoa is a member of the [...]

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Of Grains and Men – Farming, Society, and Quinoa – Part 1

Take yourself back 11,000 years ago to a time before cities and government, before metallurgy, when people across the world were still hunters and gatherers using stone and bone implements to hunt and capture prey while foraging for various plant foods. The world was just at the eve of a phenomenon known as the “Neolithic [...]

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Cooking Quinoa

Quinoa is a nutritive grain that should be included in every health-conscious menu. For detailed information about the history and properties of quinoa, see the sidebar “Of Grains and Men.” Quinoa can be cooked in bulk and added to recipes as needed at a later point. To cook quinoa, use a ratio of 2:1 for [...]

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