A shaded place in the tropics.

From: Art Culinaire | Date: January 1, 2002 | Copyright information

The history of spices reads like a well scripted children's fable; sea voyages to unknown places, invading kingdoms, and foretold riches. The moral of the story: to rule the spice trade is to rule the world, or so it was centuries ago, before the world was believed to be round, before competing countries could cultivate the spices for themselves. In addition to the dramatic effect the spice trade had on history and cuisine; style and wealth were directly associated with anything foreign. So precious and rare in ancient times, a handful of cinnamon and a tin of nutmeg were more ...

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