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Unique Eckerd College Autumn Term Course Examined the Origins of the Food Americans Eat
September 05, 2024
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Sept. 5 -- Eckerd College issued the following news:

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Think you know about food? Consider this: Not only is watermelon native to Africa, the fruit found its way to America because its seeds were woven into the hair of West African women who came here.

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By Tom Zucco

And the fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco by a Japanese immigrant to attract tourists to his tea house. And tacos were tran . . .

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