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Annotation The scent of oregano immediately conjures the comforts of Italian food, curry is synonymous with Indian flavor, and the fire of chili peppers ignites the cuisine of Latin America. Spices are often the overlooked essentials that define our greatest eating experiences. In this global history of spices, Fred Czarra tracks the path of these fundamental ingredients from the trade routes of the ancient world to the McCormick's brand's contemporary domination of the global spice market. Focusing on the five premier spices--black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and chili pepper--while also relating the story of many others along the way, Czarra describes how spices have been used in cooking throughout history and how their spread has influenced regional cuisines around the world. Chili peppers, for example, migrated west from the Americas with European sailors and spread rapidly in the Philippines and then to India and the rest of Asia, where the spice quickly became essential to local cuisines. The chili pepper also traveled west from India to Hungary, where it eventually became the national spice--paprika. Mixing a wide range of spice fact with fascinating spice fable--

Who reads Spices: A Global History (Edible)?

Author

Czarra, Fred Raymon

Publisher

Reaktion Books, Limited Chicago Distribution Center [distributor

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781861896827

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Cooking, Home & Lifestyle

Updated

2026-03-24