The Domestication of Chickpeas

Chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans) are those tasty little tidbits that you run across in Mediterranean, Indian and African cuisines. But who knew they had such an interesting history of domestication? An article in an upcoming issue of Journal of Archaeological Science got me started down this path, so enjoy.

• The History of the Chickpea's Domestication
• Table of Plant Domestications
• Domestication of Plants and Animals

Here's a collection of recipes and related information from around About.

• The Great Garbanzo, Giora Shimoni on Kosher Food
• Ceci: Chickpeas in Italian Cooking, from Kyle Phillips on Italian Food
• Chickpea 101, from Saad Fayed on Middle Eastern Food

By the way, this great photo of the market in Mumbai was necessarily cropped for my nefarious purposes, but you should really take a look at the rest of Flickrite Meanest Indian's photos if you've got a mind to.