"EAT ME!" said QUINOA (WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?) THE ART OF COOKING WITH QUINOA BY MARIA BAEZ KIJAC COPYRIGHT 1991 SEVENTH PRINTING 2008 36 PAGES OF QUINOA RECIPES FROM THE INCAS WHO FIRST CULTIVATED THE "MOTHER GRAIN" FIVE CENTURIES AGO, TO ITS MODERN PROPONENTS WHO CONSIDER IT A SUPER "GRAIN" AND A "WONDER GRAIN" QUINOA (pronounced KEE-NO-A) IS A CEREAL OF SUPERLATIVES. THE INCAS REVERTED THE GRAIN FOR ITS NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND THE STRENGTH PRODUCING ENERGY TO SUSTAIN HARD LABOR AT HIGH ALTITUDES. ACCORDING TO A LEGEND, QUINOA WAS THE REMAINS OF A HEAVENLY BANQUET, AND EACH PLANTING SEASON BEGAN WITH THE INCA RULERS PLANTING THE FIRST ROW WITH A GOLDEN SPADE. SO NOW WE BOTH KNOW! " Nothing like eating like an Inca!" Crabass