Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Pepper From the abundance of wildlife on the islands of the Indian Ocean, which the Europeans used as stepping stones to India and the East Indies, to colourful accounts of the sultan of Banda Aceh entertaining his European visitors with banquets and elephant fights, this book reveals the often surprising story behind one of mankind's most common spices.
Full description- Publisher: St Martin's Press
- Published: 26 April 2013
- Format: Hardback 288 pages
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- Categories: Food & Society | Geographical Discovery & Exploration | Asian History | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Food & Drink | Cooking With Herbs & Spices
- ISBN 13: 9780312569891 ISBN 10: 0312569890
- Sales rank: 754,329
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Full description for Pepper
As Mark Pendergrast, author of Uncommon Grounds, said, "After reading Marjorie Shaffer's Pepper, you'll reconsider the significance of that grinder or shaker on your dining room table. The pursuit of this wizened berry with the bite changed history in ways you've never dreamed, involving extraordinary voyages, international trade, exotic locales, exploitation, brutality, disease, extinctions, and rebellions, and featuring a set of remarkable characters." From the abundance of wildlife on the islands of the Indian Ocean, which the Europeans used as stepping stones to India and the East Indies, to colourful accounts of the sultan of Banda Aceh entertaining his European visitors with great banquets and elephant fights, this fascinating book reveals the often surprising story behind one of mankind's most common spices.
