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?
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • 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