Chapter 1 - The Seed That Fooled the World

Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 — The Seed That Fooled the World
Chapter 1 — The Seed That Fooled the World
Chapter 2 — From Jungle to Jar: The Long Road
Chapter 3 — The Factory Floor: Seven Stages, One Wrong Move
Chapter 4 — The Grade Bible
Chapter 5 — The Freshness Truth
Chapter 6 — In the Kitchen: What Heat Does to a Cashew
Chapter 6 Recipes
Chapter 7 — The Business of Cashew
Chapter 8 — The People Behind the Kernel
Reference Section

If you are…

A curious reader, child, or first-timer

A home cook or family buyer

A farmer or RCN grower

A processor or factory operator

A mandi trader or wholesale buyer

A halwai or sweet maker

A researcher or institution

Inside the Shell

The whole nut, and a cross-section showing shell, CNSL layer, testa, and kernel

Left: the intact shell (pericarp). Right, in cross-section: the dark CNSL-bearing honeycomb mesocarp, the thin reddish testa, and
the ivory kidney-shaped kernel at the centre.

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