The biography of spices

Provides a history of aromatic food flavorings, chronicling the evolution of international trade in these commodities, as well as describing the harvesting of spices including cloves and cinnamon.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rodger, Ellen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crabtree Publishing , c2006
Series:How did that get here?
Subjects:
Online Access:Table of contents

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500 |a Includes index 
505 0 |a 1. What are spices? -- 2. Geography: from whence they came -- 3. How spices grow -- 4. Growing other spices (non-exotics) -- 5. The ancient spice trade -- 6. Frankincense and myrrh -- 7. Spices of discovery -- 8. Age of empire -- 9. U.S. traders -- 10. A spice farm -- 11. The spice market today 
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