Like other animals, human beings need food as a source of energy. Human have also made food the focus of rituals, a gesture of hospitality and friendship, a means of indicating differences in social status and a sign of identity that distinguishes one culture from another.
The New World was the site of the domestication of several important foods that have since spread throughout the world. These include maize, potatoes, tomatoes, chili pepperes and squash.
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