November is Native American heritage Month. In celebration we upack a history of first nation peoples’ culinary contributions to the world. Across the Americas first nation people taught the first Europeans who arrived on the continent how to grow and prepare corn and survive. Most of these early arrivals from Europe came from the ranks of elites who knew little to nothing about farming and cooking. During the Atlantic slave trade and explorations further East, Europeans introduced corn to Asia and Africa. Today one would be hard pressed to find a packaged food in most parts of the world that doesn't contain corn in its ingredients.
