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Spice: The History of a Temptation

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 | #379530 in Books |  Jack Turner |  2005-08-09 |  2005-08-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.75 x5.18l,.84 | File type: PDF | 384 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Love the book, but keep some glue on hand.|By D. Suiter|I found this book very enjoyable to read, with a wealth of information and a liberal sprinkling of humor. Turner provides insightful information on the historical value of spices and their many applications, dividing his monograph into thematic sections. My only complaint is with the somewhat shoddy physical construction o|.com |There was a time, for a handful of peppercorns, you could have someone killed. Throw in a nutmeg or two, you could probably watch. There was a time when grown men sat around and thought of nothing but black pepper. How to get it. How to get more. How to c

In this brilliant, engrossing work, Jack Turner explores an era—from ancient times through the Renaissance—when what we now consider common condiments were valued in gold and blood.

Spices made sour medieval wines palatable, camouflaged the smell of corpses, and served as wedding night aphrodisiacs. Indispensible for cooking, medicine, worship, and the arts of love, they were thought to have magical properties and were so valuable that they were often ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Spice: The History of a Temptation   |  Jack Turner. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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