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Foods Originating in the Eastern Hemisphere

Almond | Anise | Apple | Artichoke | Asparagus | Banana | Barley | Basil | Breadfruit | Beet | Broccoli | Buckwheat | Cabbage | Caper | Carrot | Cashew | Cattle | Cauliflower | Celery | Cherry | Chestnut | Chicken | Chicory | Chickpea | Chives | Cinnamon | Clove | Coconut | Coriander | Cress | Crustaceans | Cucumber | Date | Dairy | Dill | Eggs | Eggplant | Endive | Fig| Fish | Garlic | Ginger | Goat | Grape  | Horseradish | Kelp | Kiwifruit | Kumquat | Leek | Lemon | Lentil | Lettuce | Mango | Melon | Millet | Mint | Mulberry | Mushroom | Mustard | Nutmeg | Oats | Okra | Olive | Onion | Orange | Oregano | Parsley | Pea | Peach | Pear | Pepper | Persimmon | Pig | Pistachio | Plum | Pomegranate | Quince | Radish | Rhubarb | Rice | Rosemary | Rye | Saffron | Sage | Salsify | Sheep | Shellfish | Soybean | Spinach| Sugarcane | Tarragon | Thyme | Truffle | Turnip | Walnut | Wheat | Yam|




 
 


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Foods Originating in the Western Hemisphere

FRUITS: Atemoya |Avocado | Blueberries | Cape gooseberry |Cranberry | Huckleberry | Black raspberry | Strawberry | Cassabanana | Ceriman | Cherimoya |Chokecherry | Pin cherry | Rum cherry | Custard apple | Feijoa | Granadillas | Concord grape | Catawba grape | Cactus pear |Saguaro fruit | Grapefruit | Guanabana | Guava | Maney sapote | Naranjulla | Papaya |Passion fruit | Pawpaw | Pepino | Pineapple | American plum | Beach plum | Sapodilla | Sugar apple | Tamarillo | White sapote |

VEGETABLES: | Bell peppers |Chile peppers | Chayote | Pokeweed | Pumpkins | Ramp | Winter squashes | Summer squashes | Tomatillo |Tomato
 

GRAINS & GRASSES: | Amaranth |Corn | Quinoa | Wild rice
LEGUMES: Snap beans | Green beans | Yellow wax beans | Kidney beans | Lima beans | Scarlet runner beans | Tepary beans | Peanut |

FLAVORINGS: | Chocolate | Maple syrup | Sassaparilla | Sassafras | Spice bush | Vanilla
 

ROOTS AND TUBERS: | Arrowroot | Jerusalem artichoke | Jicama | Malanga | Oca | Potato | Sweet Potato | Cassava|

TREES AND SHRUBS: Tea | Yerba mate
 

NUTS: | Black walnut | Brazil nut | Butternut | Hickory nut | Macadamia | Pecan | Pinon
 



 
 
 
 
 
 

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