Figure 8.18 Chili peppers in Nepal and Korea. A Tharu tribal woman of lowland Nepal prepares a condiment made of chili peppers from her garden, and in South Korea chili peppers dry under a plastic-roofed shed. This crop comes from the Indians of Mexico. How might it have diffused so far and become so important in Asia? For the answer, see Andrews, 1993. (Courtesy of Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov.)