@incollection{fdi:010078828,
  title = {{F}lavors and colors : the chili pepper in {E}urope},
  author = {{K}atz, {E}sther},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}hen {C}hristopher {C}olumbus (1451-1506) landed in 1492 on the {C}aribbean island of {H}ispaniola, he discovered new food plants, among them the chili pepper, that the local inhabitants, the {T}aíno (speakers of an {A}rawakan language), called ají. {W}hen he returned to {S}pain in 1493, he presented the {A}merican plants to the {C}atholic kings. {P}eter {M}artyr d'{A}nghiera (1455-1526), who reported this event,described the ají as "a pepper more pungent than those from the {C}aucasus". {I}n the following years, other explorers brought back plants, including chili pepper, from different parts of the {A}merican continent. {C}apsicum annuum, the {M}exican species, with about 100 landraces in that country alone, is now the most widely cultivated chili pepper species around the world : all around {E}urope, the {M}editerranean, {A}sia and parts of {A}frica, where {C}apsicum chinense and {C}. frutescens, brought from {B}razil by the {P}ortuguese, can also be found. {I} will explore how {C}apsicum annuum was adopted in {E}urope, how it is consumed and how local cultivators appropriated that plant and selected it to fit to their tastes, especially in terms of flavor and color. {T}he analysis of historical published sources forms the core of this article, but as an anthropologist, {I} will complete it with my observations from fieldwork conducted in {M}exico and different parts of {E}urope, mainly {F}rance, {S}pain and {H}ungary, as well as with botanical and anthropological documents.},
  keywords = {{MEXIQUE} ; {EUROPE} ; {ESPAGNE} ; {FRANCE} ; {ITALIE} ; {PORTUGAL} ; {HONGRIE} ; {BULGARIE} ; {CARAIBE}},
  booktitle = {{T}ransatlantic trade and global cultural transfers since 1492 : more than commodities},
  numero = {},
  pages = {30--53},
  address = {{A}bingdon ({GBR}) ; {N}ew {Y}ork},
  publisher = {{R}outledge},
  series = {{R}outledge {S}tudies in {M}odern {H}istory},
  year = {2020},
  ISBN = {978-1-138-38515-3},
  ISSN = {2690-120{X}},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078828},
}