The fateful 'discovery' of the New World in 1492 altered the lives of million of people with both positive and negative consequences. One of the most positive and long-lasting effects of this encounter was the exchange of products and animals that would forever change the culinary traditions of the world. Coffee, rice, oranges, pork and chickens came over to the New World with the Spanish explorers. In turn, America provided the Old World with tomatoes, cacao, potatoes, turkeys, chiles, avocados, and even rubber. Click play to be blown away by the remarkably long and diverse list of goods exchanged during the encounter of two worlds!