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A revealing look at the history and production of spices, with modern, no-nonsense advice on using them at home.
Every home cook has thoughts on the right and wrong ways to use spices. These beliefs are passed down in family recipes and pronounced by television chefs, but where do such ideas come from? Many are little better than superstition, and most serve only to reinforce a cook's sense of superiority or cover for their insecurities. It doesn't...
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A tasty compendium of spices and a fascinating history and wide array of uses of the world's favorite flavors-The Book of Spice reveals the amazing history of spices both familiar and esoteric. John O'Connell's erudite chapters combine history with insights into art, religion, medicine, and science, and is richly seasoned with anecdotes and recipes.
Discover why Cleopatra bathed in saffron and mare's milk, why wormwood-laced absinthe caused eighteenth-century...
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