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Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey (California Studies in Food and Culture Book 45) by Nabhan, Gary Paul is a reference work available to read on EtoBox.
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Gary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far-ranging journey across time and space in this fascinating look at the relationship between the spice trade and culinary imperialism. Drawing on his own family’s history as spice traders, as well as travel narratives, historical accounts, and his expertise as an ethnobotanist, Nabhan describes the critical roles that Semitic peoples and desert floras had in setting the stage for globalized spice trade.<br><br> Traveling along four prominent tra
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- Author
- Nabhan, Gary Paul
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783320143824
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Cooking, History, Management
- Rating
- 3.74 / 5 (48 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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