Why vegetable recipes are not very spicy

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 147-163

  Sherman, Paul W ^a   Hash, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial hypothesis; Cookbooks; Darwinian gastronomy; Foodborne illnesses; Meat based recipes; Secondary compounds; Spices; Vegetable based recipes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042871272     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(00)00068-4     Document Type: Article

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